VALERIE MASER FLANAGAN

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"Crevices #21", fiber, 12" x 12", $200

"Crevices #17", fiber, 12" x 12", $200

"Crevices" #13, fiber, 12" x 12", SOLD

"Chrysalises" #2, fiber, 68" x 46", $4,400

"Ovum Variation" #2, fiber, 15" x 14", $225

"Interplay" #2, fiber on board panel, 20" x 16", SOLD

"Summer In The City" #2, fiber, 35" x 49", $2,400

"Ovum Variation" #1, fiber, 16" x 11", $200

"Structure" #1, fiber, 43" x 29", $1,500

"Symbiotic Entanglement" #3, fiber, 70" x 26", $2,200

"Ovum Blocks" #2, fiber, 49" x 34", $2,200

"Flow" #1, fiber, 54" x 41", $2,800

"Shifting Thoughts", fiber, 51" x 42", $2,500

"Memory Markers", fiber, 65" x 67", $4,600

"Between The Dark Places Shines The Light", fiber, 45" x 18", $650

"City Walk #1", fiber, 35" x 41", $1,500

"City Walk #2", fiber, 33" x 33", $1,200

"Crevices #2", fiber, 37" x 31", $900

"Crevices #6", fiber, 36" x 28", $850

"Crevices #9", fiber, 35" x 31", $850

"Crevices #1", fiber, 38" x 28", $900

"Up The Rabbit Hole #2", fiber, 56" x 60", $4,200

"Up The Rabbit Hole #3", fiber, 50" x 48", $3,500

"Wall Markings #1", fiber, 30" x 30", $750

"Woods Walk", fiber, 43" x 42", $1,700

"City Scape #2", fiber, 16" x 20" SOLD

"Interplay #4", fiber, 16" x 20", $400

"Interplay #5", fiber, 16" x 20", $400

"Interplay #1, fiber, 16" x 20", $400

"Interplay #3", fiber, 16" x 20", $400

"Portal #11", fiber, 12" x 12", SOLD

"Solitary Figure #2", fiber, 12" x 12" SOLD

"Swimming Lessons", fiber, 20" x 20", $450

"Burning The Midnight Oil", fiber, 31" x 23", $775

"Chrysalises "3", fiber, 41" x 40", $1,500

"Chrysalises #1", fiber, 49" x 27", $1,400

"Dawn On The Hill, Winter #1", fiber, 43" x 50", $1,800

"Evening Rays On The Water", fiber, 36" x 36", $1,200

"Markings #2", fiber, 20" x 20", $400

Nocturnal City Lights #3", fiber, 35" x 35", $1,250

"Summer In The City #1", fiber 33" x 23", $800

BIO

Valerie was raised in a suburb outside of Detroit. She received a BA from the University of Michigan, a BS from Wayne State University and a MS in Occupational Therapy from Boston University. After working almost 30 years in a Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, she currently focuses on making sewn compositions from cloth. She resides with her husband in a small rural town NW of Boston. Her work has been exhibited nationally.

“My fabric compositions use improvisational piecing of hand dyed fabric with intentional machine stitching to create bold, abstract designs with strong figure ground components. I am inspired and influenced by lines and shapes observed in nature, architecture and ethnic design. The compositions are created from initial views of design forms juxtaposed with a color palette. I hand dye cloth using three primary hues, mixed in various proportions, to create colors ranging from subtle neutrals to vibrant hues. Line and shape, critical elements in the process, are used to create movement and tension in my compositions. They are hand cut without a ruler, using a razor sharp tool as a drawing device. I use the final stitching lines as drawing lines to further define and enhance my composition.”