Seahorse Journeys Art
Jeanne Visvader, artist name (Valendra)
A mixed media artist
I live in Boulder, Colorado and have been working with art in many forms since I was a child: my grandmother did
oil painting and created sculptures and figurines and my mother was an interior decorator and had an art gallery in
our apartment in New York City. I also spent many hours in the Metropolitan Museum Of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. As an adult, I have taken art courses and art history classes at CU Boulder, and apprenticed with several local artists.
Since retiring from my career teaching children with special needs, I have been devoting most of my waking hours to painting, experimenting with sculpture, jewelry making and creating handmade leather-bound journals (many of them with paper that I press and marble myself). My paintings especially are pure inspiration for me and I never know beforehand where the Muse will lead me. I just begin with a color and a brush stroke and am off and running. I have also lately taught myself pine needle basketry. I use Ponderosa pine needles that I collect from the ground in my neighborhood. Recently I have become more interested in sharing my joy in creation with other people and have been selling my work through friends and acquaintances, online, and in local fairs. I hope that you enjoy my creations!