Valerie Crosse
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42, Barkly Street, Beechworth, VIC 3747
About
My creative practice is integral to my daily life. It informs the way I arrange and design my home interior landscape, with colour combinations, space, light and furniture. This extends to the surrounding garden design I have implemented. It encourages the natural world to co-exist around me. My home and garden reflect my perpetual need to create a sense of beauty and ease in my surroundings and effectively represent a 3-dimensional still life painting. I have been profoundly inspired by many artists including Margaret Olley, Giorgio Morandi, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard and Claude Monet.
I have from my earliest memory been driven to respond creatively to my surroundings. For many years I have been drawn to paint, whether it be via a still life, or to people, places, a way to communicate a narrative encountered, a musical composition or simply a way to digest emotional encounters.
I have always had a natural ability to paint en plein air and enjoy the intuitive quality of colour mixing this extends to an exploration of collage as a liberating tool combined with paint.
As I have matured as a person, I realise this powerful force that compels me to respond creatively to all that I experience is a device for self-knowledge and solace.
I am now far more cognizant of my need for extended bouts of solitude and the time and space that these demand. This is the secret to my creative practice.
I have been exhibiting artworks in Australia since I migrated here in 1985. I have successfully participated in numerous exhibitions in the northeast of Victoria in group shows and solo exhibitions.
I have received many private commissions and regularly sell my artworks.
past clients
Past clients include Wangaratta Community Centre who commissioned me to create 4 murals for their waiting room in 2014.
Women’s Health Goulburn North East commissioned me to design their annual report front and back cover in 2014.
Cathedral College commissioned a large oil on canvas painting as a farewell gift for the principal, David Everett in 2012.
Brian Williams, a private collector, requested a large canvas painting of Mount Buffalo as a private commission.
The Reverend Canon Thomas Leslie commissioned 4 small gouache paintings of religious iconography in 2017.
Jacinta Elphick from Batlow, a private collector, commissioned a large oil on canvas painting of an apple Tree in Springtime in 2022.
What people say
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Gerri Grady: Occupational Therapist
I was employed by the Northeast Health Community Care Centre in Wangaratta from 2011-14.
In 2014 we required 4 murals for our waiting room.
Valerie Crosse was selected for this commission.
She created 4 beautiful murals based on a view of native birds surrounded by foliage.
We are delighted with the results.
the artworks are still on display.
Gerri Grady
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I have known Valerie Crosse for several years and previously purchased a small watercolour. I commissioned Valerie to paint an image of Mount Buffalo for my new home.
We are delighted with the results. We are planning a new commission in 2026.
Brian Williams
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