Valerie B Hird Paintings
American, b. 1955
Valerie Hird’s body of work is a visual compilation of the experiences, associations and memories collected in her trips through the Middle East, Northern Africa, Spain and Turkey. Hird creates a fascinating topography of her own through the landscapes conquered by her suggestive memories. Her work is organic, evocative, and extremely personal in its flow. We can see this distinct essence in her representations of the rocky arid mountains and the aroma of the perfumes sold by street venders. The elements, colors and patterns absorbed from her trips, take over the surface of her work. The cypresses from Granada are invaded by the Alhambra glazed tiles; the Turkish mountains adopt the kilim patterns; the nomadic people performing their daily tasks are camouflaged by the colors of their fabrics in the landscapes behind them. Not only the imagery itself, but the history, literature, myths and traditions from these countries are incorporated in her work. The meditation and investigation of creational myths from all over the world have led her into creating a multi-dimensional cosmology of her own, centered on the creation of the natural world.
The connections between the cultures and their environment are processed in Hird’s paintings as a meditation on our contemporary world, leading to a growing concern with religious and cultural ambiguities. Using quotes and messages from extremist sects and cultural ideas from both the East and the West, she analyzes and unites them through their similarities rather than their differences. There remains a certain aesthetic connection in the representations of the countries she has visited, intertwined by the projections of her inner landscape. Hird’s work considers and connects cultural complexities, and presents them to the public to travel with her through their contemplation. Valerie Hird graduated with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from Vermont College. In 2008 she was granted an award from the Community Foundation of Vermont. Hird has worked and travelled throughout the Middle East, North of Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and South America. Likewise, she has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. Her work belongs to such public and corporate collections as The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI; The Fleming Museum, Burlington VT; The Exxon Corporation, Dallas, TX; and Pfizer Inc.; among others. Born in Massachusetts in 1955, Hird moved to Vermont in 1979, where she currently lives and works.to
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Artist: Valerie B Hird
SEA MYTH IV
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Valerie B Hird
SEA MYTH IV, 2010
oil on gessoed BFK paper
16 x 33 in. 40.6 x 83.8 cm.
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Oil
$16,000 Sale Price
20% Off
BREAK IN THE HORIZON
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD
BREAK IN THE HORIZON, 2019
oil, monotypes, gesso, Arches paper, silver leaf, silver amulet
23 1/2 x 22 in. 59.7 x 55.9 cm.
mythology
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Silver
FLIGHT
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD
FLIGHT, 2020
watercolor, Arches paper
23 x 46 in. 58.4 x 116.8 cm.
mythology
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$12,000
SOURCE CODE 13
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Valerie B Hird
SOURCE CODE 13, 2019
watercolor on gessoed Arches paper
6 x 9 in. 15.2 x 22.9 cm.
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Watercolor, Archival Paper
VESSELS
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
watercolor, silver leaf on BFK paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
LAND MYTH I
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting on gessoed BFK paper, framed floating in white wood frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
SEEDLING I
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil on Arches paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
THE ELDER GODS WEREN
T MALE
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD
THE ELDER GODS WEREN'T MALE, 2019
oil on gessoed Arches paper
80 x 150 in. 203.2 x 381 cm.
each sheet 40 x 30 inches
"Ancient Deity forms based on textiles collected du...
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Price Upon Request
ELEMENTAL CANOPY
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil paint on BFK paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Price Upon Request
ELEMENTAL CANOPY
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting on BFK paper, floated in white frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
Price Upon Request
PRIMAL SPRING
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
watercolor on BFK paper, framed floated in white wood frame
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Price Upon Request
TERO: EARTH
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
ETERNAL KNOT
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
ORIGINATION II
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
oil painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Sea Myth I
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Category
Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Price Upon Request
SEA ICON
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Category
Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Price Upon Request
LAND WIND MYTH I
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Category
Contemporary Valerie B Hird Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Price Upon Request
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