Valerina Graphics

Award winning Artist/Designer: Valerie Goern

Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, USA

Valerina Graphics is available for Freelance projects in many media including traditional and digital illustrations, drawing and painting, web design and graphics, animated gifs, photo restoration and special effects, including flawless retouching for special photographic needs, such as weddings, talent representation and promotion.

Valerina Graphics has over 15 years of diversified artistic experience. Creative emphasis with an eye and sensibility to traditional painting applied to digital media. Strong attention to detail, creative, and adaptive. Great imagination, with particular enjoyment in creating the unusual.
Skills:

* Image Ready

* QuarkXpress

* Illustrator

* Dreamweaver

* Windows and Mac OS

* MS Word and Photo Editor

* Corel Print and Photo House

* Publisher and other MS Office

* Gif Builder

* PowerPoint

* Fractal Generation

* Photoshop
Fully proficient in the use of the following artistic media:

* Graphite, wax, and charcoal pencils

* Watercolors and gouache

* Acrylics, alkyds, and oils

* Ceramic clays, underglazes, glazes, and tints

* Charcoal, conte crayon, oil pastel

* India Ink ,quill and technical pens

* Liquid Frisket, wax resist

* Ceramic relief sculpture

Education:

OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Los Angeles, CA. Computer Graphics 1999-2000

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT LONG BEACH, CA. BFA- Illustration, 1987

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL CENTER, Torrance, CA. Production Art 1981
Professional Memberships and Exhibits:

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN"S CAUCUS FOR ART,

Long Beach/San Pedro chapter of national organization promoting women in the arts

*1996 GROUP SHOW: "Painted Ladies, Some Do, Some Don't" held in San Pedro, California

LAS VEGAS ART MUSEUM: Las Vegas, NV. " 2004 Fall Art Round Up" Juried Show:

AWARD: Second Place/Mixed Media

GALLERY Au GO GO: Las Vegas, Nevada. "Art of The Portrait" Group Show, March 2005

HENDERSON ART ASSOCIATION: 9/05-present

OLD TOWN GALLERY: Fall '05 Group Show

LAKE LAS VEGAS ROTUNDA ROOM: 2006 Winter show

 
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