JAYETA VALENTINE - Original Art

'Piwakawaka Surveys Coast'
Acrylic on stretched canvas
500mm x 1500mm
​$2,600

'Nikau Refuge'
Acrylic on stretched canvas
1500mm x 500mm
$2,600

'Tui Trinity'
Acrylic on stretched canvas
1215mm x 405mm
​$2,455

'Kingfisher Hovering'
Acrylic on stretched canvas
760mm x 1010mm
​$2,455

SOLD 🔴
​'Summer Tui Trio'
Acrylic on stretched canvas
910mm x 610mm 

SOLD 🔴
​'Tui Summer Bounty'
Acrylic on stretched canvas
1000mm x 760mm 

'Copper and Rust Collide'
Mixed media on stretched canvas
1220mm x 300mm 
​$1,100

'Stratisfication'
Mixed media on stretched canvas with resin finish
705mm x 560mm 
​$1,200

ARTISTS' BIO

JAYETA VALENTINE

Whenever I’m asked to talk about my work, I seize up and wonder what on EARTH  I will say….so it’s probably best to be succinct.  I paint New Zealand’s lush flora, fauna  and landscape features….usually in ‘grids’ . I use acrylics and inks, black sand…and a variety of texturing products.  I’d describe my style as  stylised realism…if that’s ‘a thing‘!
My paintings have winged their way to seventeen countries that I know of, including two in the  Faroe Islands!  Many loyal collectors manage to squeeze “just one more“ of my paintings into their homes, and corporate clients generally buy  my large works for boardrooms and entrance foyers.
A little bit of  my  history? I was a “disappointing“  art student early in my life. Macramé, photography, screen printing were definitely not-my-thing and I was kicked out of my high school art classes( twice) … then promptly  failed art at Teachers College, which was a ‘nearly impossible’  feat.  And then, of course, I was deemed ‘unsuitable to teach‘.  Feelings of embarrassment and family duty saw me high-tailing  it to Otago university to redeem myself.  After that,  I taught English  reasonably happily for twenty years. But I was ‘arty’ at heart and I remained a fabric painting,  drawing, doodling,  day dreamer throughout my school ma’am years.
Luck definitely played a part in my transition from teaching to painting. I hadn’t even thought about approaching galleries, but luckily, a friend who owned one approached me. My ‘debut’ paintings sold out quickly, giving me the confidence to ditch my day job and paint full time. Several big solo exhibitions  in New Plymouth sold out over the next few years.
Then there was a was a  ‘public’ hiatus for four years, where I continued to sell paintings but I really lurked under the radar …while I pursued other interests and projects.
But now I’m BACK!  My gallery has just had a serious makeover….new lining, flooring, lighting system etc etc….and it’s a much improved venue to display my work.

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