As of this writing, February 23, I am hard at work on a series of paintings collectively titled: Offering, for a show opening in late September (date still to be determined) at Cloud Tree Gallery in Austin, Texas.

And, separately, I am completing a series of small illustrations for the Brian Beattie's book: El Camino Real de los Tejas Crankie Suite Pocket Reference Guide.

This is how my year is made. I'll post my progress via my instagram - link on contact page.

The Austin Studio Tour is in full swing:
November 5-20th, 3 weekends:

West Austin: Nov 5 & 6
West & East: Nov 12 & 13
East Austin: Nov 19 & 20

Noon to 6pm all dates.

My studio is West, Tour #174
1211 Ravine Dr 78704
I'd love to share my latest works with you as well as some older pieces and works in progress. Come visit me where I work and play!
For all the details about this city-wide Art event visit Big Medium

And, if you are up for a little road trip, I have several pieces on view in a show in Taylor Texas. "Birdsong in the Anthropocene" , "16 Contemporary Female Artists Explore the Impact of the Human Footprint on the Natural Environment".
The McCrory Timmerman Galleries
112 W. 2nd Street, Taylor Tx 76574

Here's the Facebook page for McCrory Timmerman

Solo show at Lydia Street Gallery, Austin.
Opening Reception Friday, September 23, 6-9pm
Artist Talk Saturday, Oct 8, 2pm
Closing Reception Sunday, October 30, 4-6pm

Opening Reception Friday, February 18, 2022, 6-10pm
at Cloud Tree Studios and Gallery
3411 East 5th St, Austin, Tx 78702
Artist Talk, Sunday March 6, 2pm
with special musical guests Amy Annelle and Brian Beattie
Closing Reception Sunday, March 13, 2-6pm

Earth Shift: She Will Have Her Way with You

This series of large - and small - scale paintings began on an overcast day in 2020, at the start of the pandemic lockdown. I started to paint many of my skies yellow, then gravitated to lots of red — which has an alarming quality, like a warning — and decided against blue. (Blue skies are comforting and I wasn’t feeling it!) As always, my subject is the infinity of nature, seen and unseen, but this work signals a distinct and subtle change, felt, like knees buckling or a slight tremor underfoot. Subtle, but permanent, like aging. A tipping point.

This project is sponsored in part by the Cultural Arts
Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and the Center for Women and Their Work.

Up until February 14, 2021, in Georgetown, Tx., "Paperworks", a group show of works on paper. I have five framed works on paper, conventionally hanging on the wall, and also, a "Crankie", entitled, "The Story of the Deer in the Road". It's a 30 foot long illustration on a paper scroll which is cranked along to musical accompaniment. Brian Beattie sings and I crank the crankie. View the video, above.
here.

ValerieFowler: Habitats and Pathways has opened! I'm very excited to share this new body of work.

Please use the link below to visit the artwork online, and also, to make an appointment for a private gallery view.

Camiba Art Gallery

Gallery show runs until August 15, 2020.

Gardenias for Katie. Now available from Pomegranate Communications, and note cards too!

Habitats and Pathways is a new body of work. Exhibition scheduled for July of 2020. More news soon!

above image; Our Hero at Her Bath, detail, oil on canvas, 2019

Please Join Us:

Valerie Fowler: The Story of the Deer in the Road, an art exhibition of oil paintings and mixed media works, plus performance, explores the artist's concerns about personal vulnerability and confrontations with mortality as well as threats to human existence in general, all manifested in the form of a deer. The animal, ubiquitous in Texas and throughout the U.S., transgresses into human habitat such that its presence is a constant reminder that its habitat is shrinking and continues to be altered by human civilization. This deer, a female, portrayed in various visions or settings, is, in turns, the protagonist in a story or memory, an omen, or an alter ego to the artist.
CAMIBAart Gallery
6448 Hwy 290 East, Suite A102, Austin, Tx 78723

Exhibition on view Sept 7-28
Opening Reception Saturday, Sept 7, 6-9pm
Plus:
There will be 3 "Crankie" performance dates throughout the run:
- Saturday 9/14 at 1pm
- Saturday 9/21 at 6pm
- Thursday 9/26, at 6pm. (with the extraordinary vocalist Alice Spencer!)
Crankies are 30 foot long narrative drawings that are "cranked" from a scroll, accompanied by live music. Music performed by Brian Beattie (Fowler's husband and frequent collaborator).

Plus! Plus: writer Robin Chotzinoff will respond to the artworks with a reading - timing to be announced.

**All performances are free but seating is limited, please RSVP to
512-937-5921

This project is sponsored in part by the Cultural Arts
Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and the Center for Women and Their Work.