Work samples

  • What About the Bees?
    What About the Bees?

    Bees and honey carry multiple spiritual meanings, including representing God's blessings, abundance, and the sweetness of salvation through honey, and divine provision, wisdom, and prophetic warnings through bees. They also symbolize hard work, community, and the power of God to bring good from difficult circumstances.
    Think about this when you spray insecticide

     

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  • TUPAC
    TUPAC

    Tupac Amaru Shakur, who went by the stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an influential American rapper, actor, and political activist. 

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  • Kendrick Lamar
    Kendrick Lamar

    Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is a Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Compton, California

  • Mega-Verse
    Mega-Verse

    Women blowing bubbles from the Multi-Verse to create a Mega-Verse                                                     

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About Valerie

Artist’s Statement  (Valerie A. Smith)
I live and work in Baltimore, Maryland.  I am an artist who loves to create colorful and meaningful surreal artwork.  My work is done primarily in oils on canvas, measuring not less than one foot in any direction.  I also enjoy working with colored inks, water colors, acrylics and color pencils and found objects.  I have created artwork on canvas shoes, bottle art and artwork on vinyl LP record albums.
 
My life’s work… more

One GOD

Vinyl LP Record Album Artwork - OILS on Vinyl - Created 2022

  • One GOD
    One GOD

    Message We All Serve One God

People Trees

People Trees - Oils On Canvas - 18x24" - Created 2022

  • People Trees
    People Trees

    people are correlated with trees to represent their spiritual life, family lineage, and connection to God, with characteristics like roots, fruitfulness, and strength symbolizing their faith, actions, and stability. This comparison highlights the importance of spiritual growth, the consequences of actions ("a tree is known by its fruit"), and God's ability to provide and nurture believers, much like a tree provides shelter and sustains life. 

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Snakes and Snakes

The spiritual meaning of snakes is multifaceted, representing a range of concepts like transformation, healing, and rebirth due to their skin-shedding ability. Snakes also symbolize feminine energy, life force, and wisdom

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    SNAKES N SNAKES.jpeg

    Snakes N Snakes - Oils on Canvas - 18x24"  - Created 2024

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Prince

Purple Rain Prince - Vinyl LP Record Album Artwork - Acrylic Pains - 12x12" Created 2024

  • Prince
    Prince

    Prince - Vinyl LP Album Artwork  Acrylic Paints - 12x12"

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Birds N Feathers

Birds N Feathers - Oils on Canvas - 16x20" Created 2014

  • Birds N Feathers
    Birds N Feathers

    Birds and Feathers - Oils on Canvas - 16x20" - Created 2014

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Cross Roads

CROSS ROADS - Acrylic on MatBoard - 24x30" - in life everyone will be met at their cross roads.  Your decision on which direction to take  

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    CROSSROADS.jpeg

    Cross Roads - Acrylic Paints on MatBoard - 24x30" - created 2025

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Lady Musiak

Lady Musiak - Oils on Canvas - 24x24" Created 2021

  • Lady Musiak
    Lady Musiak

    Lady Musiak - Oils on Canvas - 12x12"  - Created 2014

Grace Jones

Vinyl LP Record Album Artwork

  • Grace Jones
    Grace Jones

    Grace Beverly Jones is a Jamaican-born singer, model, actress, and songwriter. Her androgynous style and avant-garde fashion made her famous in the 1970s

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Dragonfly Dreams

Oils on Canvas, 24x18", completed: 2022

  • Dragonfly World
    Dragonfly World

    Oils on Canvas, 24x18", completed: 2022

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Ancestry Masks

Oils on canvas, 30x24", completed: 2024

  • Ancestors Masks
    Ancestors Masks

    Mixed Medium on Canvas, completed 2024

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