We finished all of the mosaic. Now it is time to grout it and paint the negative spaces. Two more weeks of work and it will be shipped to the Rio Vista Recreation Center.
The city of Peoria, Arizona (http://www.peoriaaz.gov/) sent out a national call for artists to create a mural for the Rio Vista Recreation Center. The Rio Vista Recreation Center is a beautiful building surrounded by parkland and a waterway and houses Peoria’s first full service recreation facility.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Valerie Theberge has been working as a professional mosaic artist for the past decade. After graduating from the San Francisco Art Institute, where she majored in painting and drawing, Valerie moved to China to study the Chinese language and Chinese painting. She received a certificate in Chinese painting in 1992.
Her art career took her to Hong Kong where she trained with a British company and specialized in the ancient art of mosaics. While in Hong Kong Valerie studied Asian culture and obtained her Master’s degree from the University of Hong Kong.
Valerie has worked on projects in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, India, Pakistan and the United States. She currently works in her studio located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
More of her work may be found at www.valerietheberge.com
Valerie works in collaboration with Shahin Shikhaliyev. Shahin is an oil painter and hails from Azerbaijan. More of his work may be found at www.ausdi.org
