Valorie Sams

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Valorie Sams
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Valorie Sams was born and spent her early years in the American South. For the last five years she has lived in East Texas where she has established herself as an artist.
Sam’s led a very successful career as an award winning graphic designer, having worked for advertising agencies, magazines and her own design business. Her primary goal she says as an artist is to relate, through the mood and color of a painting, a sense of awe and escape to the viewer. A painting can change not only the energy of an environment, it can also change the viewer. Art can be more than color on canvas; it can be a tranquil beauty that brings peace to our lives. Proficient in illustration, recently Sam’s has turned her talents to the art of pastel painting. In 2017, Sam’s was recognized in the Colored Pencil Magazine as a featured artist. Her work has been published in “Color” magazine “Color Pencil Hidden Treasures Vol. 4”, and is represented in private collections across the United States.
Group Shows:
- Pastel Society of North Carolina “Pure Color” fall 2017
- Bosque 32nd Annual Art Classic, fall 2017
- Colored Pencil Society of America’s “ArtSpectations” summer 2017
- Colored Pencil Society of America’s “Explore This!” summer 2017
- Southwest Art Magazine “Artistic Excellence” Top 100 summer 2017
- Conroe Art League 2nd Invitational Art Exhibition spring 2017
- 32nd Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition spring 2017
- Bosque 31st Annual Art Classic, fall 2016
- Georgetown ArtHop fall 2016
- Artists of Texas Fall Show “Open Spaces” fall 2016
- Colored Pencil Society of America’s “Artspectations” summer 2016
Awards and Associations:
- “Explore This” Colored Pencil Society of America’s District Chapters Award for Outstanding Merit summer 2017
- Irving Animal Art Show 1st place in dry media fall 2017
- Member of the Texas Pastel Society