Valentine Wolly

My work centers on connections, interactions, and relationships between figures, objects and environments. My figurative themes are often based in public places—city streets, office/studio spaces, museums, airports, train stations. Reflection, repetition and pattern are other recurring elements of my work. I am intrigued by the infinite worlds that reflective surfaces uncover. Shiny surfaces of all types become windows into places where one is unsure of what’s in, what’s out, what’s up and what’s down.
My primary objective is to capture the gestural essence of my subjects rather than a pure and exact representation. Thus, while the “object” is recognizable, it becomes less important than the beauty of the combinations of color, shape and form. In this way I hope the viewer can identify what is familiar but is intrigued enough to look beyond the familiar.