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  • 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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  • Mega-Verse
    Mega-Verse

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

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  • 32 Birdies
    32 Birdies

    32 Birdies with Feathers in Acrylic Paints on Vinyl Record Album 12x12" and mounted on a wire backing

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  • My Spirit Animal - Cheetah
    My Spirit Animal - Cheetah

    Two Cheetahs in Acrylic Paints on Vinyl LP Record Album, and mounted on wire background12x12" - completed October 2026

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About Valerie

Baltimore City  

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, artwork on vinyl LP record albums, wood… more

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One GOD

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

  • One GOD
    One GOD

    Message We All Serve One God

  • 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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  • People Trees

    • 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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  • Prince

    • 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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  • Birds N Feathers

    • Lady Musiak

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

    • Lady Musiak
      Lady Musiak

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

  • Lady Musiak

    • 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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  • Grace Jones

    • Dragonfly Dreams

    Oils on Canvas, 24x18", completed: 2022

    • Dragonfly World
      Dragonfly World

      Oils on Canvas, 24x18", completed: 2022

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  • Dragonfly World

    • Ancestry Masks

    Oils on canvas, 30x24", completed: 2024

    • Ancestors Masks
      Ancestors Masks

      Mixed Medium on Canvas, completed 2024

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  • Ancestors Masks

    • ONLY GOD

    ONLY GOD - Oils on Canvas - 18x24" Framed - Completed 2018

    Woman surrounded with Adinkra Symbols for God and Peace.  The symbol over her head is the Adinkra symbol for God (Gye Nyame), which show so brightly through her hands to her fore head (her third eye) .  Very spiritual painting.

    • ONLY GOD
      ONLY GOD

      Only God , Woman surrounded with Adinkra Symbols for God and Peace.  The Symbol for God (Gye Nyame) is so bright that it shows through her hand to her head (third eye) - Oils on Canvas - 18x24" - Framed  Completed 2018

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  • ONLY GOD