Art

Item Description

Original Acrylic Abstract Painting

Title: Walk Alone

Sized: 11 1/2" x 15"
Medium: Acrylic paint on board ( Painting will Matted and Framed )

If you are in the Southern Ca. and would like to see the painting we can set a time to view the art.

Item Special Note

Mr. Valencia has been a participant of “Painting From The Heart Children and Celebrity Refrigerator Art Show ” with original works for the last nine years.

You can view a slide show of the 9^th Annual Painting From The Heart Children and Celebrity Refrigerator Art Show at 

 View the art show at http://theneelcenter.tripod.com/id80.html

 Mr. Valencia is also accomplished musician and Independent movie producer. We are lucky to have Mr. Valencia to lend his talent to four projects over the past Ten years. The kids have learn so much from Mr. Valencia.

The Proceeds from the painting will go to help Pastor Bill and Anita Lang to purchase school supplies and other items they needed for the new Moapa Youth Center on the Moapa Indian Reservation in Nevada and to ensure a permanent place for Goodwill V.I.N.T.A Youth Ambassadors in the High Desert. 

Joseph Steven Valencia was born in Inglewood, California 1952. His father was Joseph Valencia, Navajo and Cherokee decent and mother, Elidia Valenzuela, Yaqui decent. He has remained a lifelong native of Southern California.

Valencia's early drawing instructor was Shirley Boyington. In 1970 Valencia was recognized as the "Artist of the Year". He attended college at El Camino College in Gardena, CA where he studied art. After this formal education his pursuit of the arts was mainly self-taught leading him to silk screening and ceramic tiles.

Valencia was on the Board of Directors for the Victor Valley Museum in California in 1985. He was the art director and a principal of "The Art Tile West" in the 1990s. This is where he established his international reputation for his ceramic tile murals. One of his murals is on permanent display in Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia.

Valencia's art traveled with exhibits of Diego Rivera at the Con Lel Corazon n en Mexico Collective art exhibit Mexico and ethic collection with Mexican influence at Walter Library in San Diego in 1990. This exhibition of art is still touring and at the San Bernardino Mexican Consulate. His art and tile work has shown in national and international exhibitions from San Diego, Mexico City, Nairobi to Russia.

Valencia created a ceramic piece for the first historic exchange in 1993 between the United States and newly organized Russian Republic since reformation. It was exhibited in many cities with over 30 artists participating. Edward Carson Beall, AIA, orchestrated this juried exhibition and exchange. Valencia received letters of thanks and acknowledgement from senators and other dignitaries’ worldwide.

Valencia is community minded and serves as a board member for Apple Valley Teen Center. Valencia’s workshops at public schools are designed to inspire the children to be creative. In 2003 his workshops included Los Coyotes in La Palma, California and Vista Del Sol in Victorville, California middle school students.

 Valencia loves to paint with his six-year-old granddaughter Haley named after the comet. She is developing her portfolio of art. When Grandfather Valencia tries to assist her with her art she says "Grandpa I love you, but do not touch my work." The creative process continues with three generations of Valencia's. http://www.jgsart.com/ and http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/joseph-valencia.html