Art Release | November 2021
Featuring words by Elizah Leigh of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
The Calm in the Chaos
The Calm in the Chaos leads the viewer through over 18 works that weave a story of inward and outward transition during a collective moment of chaos, allowing a peek at Valent’s lush world of voluptuous figures, an homage to unrepresented body types, her fascination with not so secret circles, and her signature use of sumptuous foliage.
Valenti continues to demonstrate her fixation with the human form, dramatic light sources and introduces a freer hand and bolder color palette. She introduces a new set of characters into her world of self-portraiture, continuing her mission of painting bodies that “look like mine” She continues to paint the ambiguous face and focuses all her attention on the body-creating a looking glass for viewers to see themselves in the brush strokes.
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“Elisa’s compositions, a seemingly otherworldly spectre tenderly embraces or casts its loving presence down upon her female figures, sweeping the viewer away to a slightly bittersweet place of nurturing serenity. Other sun-dappled figures are gloriously elevated, not merely due to the light which takes their natural beauty to new heights of loveliness. We see within them the radiance of inner Zen, of being in the moment, and of feeling truly comfortable within their own skin.”
Bridge Spun of Invisible Threads
(2021) 48 x 36 inch, acrylic on canvas
In her newest series, “The Calm in the Chaos”, Valenti offers the beholder even more visual and spiritual food for thought through the introduction of a new muse – filtered illumination.
-Elizah Leigh, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
In her newest series, “The Calm in the Chaos”, Valenti offers the beholder even more visual and spiritual food for thought through the introduction of a new muse – filtered illumination.
Like some of like her fellow multi-disciplinary contemporaries, she creates modern classical nude figurative works using acrylic paint - some on canvas, others on paper - as well as various types of charcoal drawings and sculptured clay figures/vessels. She continues dabbling in all sorts of dynamic – and conversely earthy palettes – generally incorporating lush botanical elements, boldly-patterned flourishes, and classic objects d’art that imbue her compositions with diverse aesthetic panache.
Elisa’s compositions, a seemingly otherworldly spectre tenderly embraces or casts its loving presence down upon her female figures, sweeping the viewer away to a slightly bittersweet place of nurturing serenity. Other sun-dappled figures are gloriously elevated, not merely due to the light which takes their natural beauty to new heights of loveliness. We see within them the radiance of inner Zen, of being in the moment, and of feeling truly comfortable within their own skin.
Aside from the obvious eyeball panache of Elisa’s art, it summons universally stirring feelings that really sink into the nooks and crannies of our subconscious. We are all utterly unique, beautifully imperfect works of art that require no justification for our existence. Society can continue to do its best to classify and otherwise call out our purported inadequacies, but we certainly don’t have to listen. No matter our height, weight, sex, creed, or political leanings, we can gaze at Elisa’s images and recognize that validation, self-acceptance and confidence truly come from within
Elizah Leigh, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
Where Does Your Peace Reside?
(2021) 48 x 36 inch, acrylic on canvas,
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