Valerie Caveglia    
Images in Wood                           
vcave2@yahoo.com

About the artist:

Artist Valerie Caveglia took a year’s leave of absence from a teaching career and discovered her “artist within”.  A native Californian, Valerie had spent the prior twenty odd years visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico, during summer vacations.  There she learned the elements of design by virtue of proximity to and the viewing of some of the best art in the Western United States.

Valerie was inspired to try her hand at functional art.  Using 1x1 pine sticks, she developed a technique for building a sturdy mirror frame.  Her art is the frame itself.  The mirror frames create a multi-media composition reflecting design elements from other cultures as well as whimsical themes.  Many of the design features used in the assemblage have been collected in Valerie’s worldwide travels.  Valerie’s work is filled with imagination, expressed through strong sense of color and design.

Valerie’s “Images in Wood” can be found in private collections in homes in Oregon, Texas, Illinois, and throughout California, including San Diego, Alameda, Castro Valley, Carmel, Monterey, Sonora, Lake Tahoe, Pleasanton, Berkeley, and Hayward.  Her work is currently showing at Tribes Gallery in Moss Landing (tribeshome.com) and the Sun Gallery (Sungallery.org) gift shop in Hayward.

Exhibitions:

Juried:

Metamorphosis, Art on Broadway Gallery, Redwood City, CA, May 2008

Art in the Garden, Annie's Annuals and Perennials, Richmond, CA,  July 2007

Artober, Hayward Forum of the Arts, Sun Gallery, October 2002, 2003, 2004

Sun Gallery:  In Full Colors:  A Mixed Media Show, March 2002

Olive Hyde Art Guild, Annual Holiday Show, December 2001, 2002

Lithia Artisan’s Market, Ashland OR, August 2001

Hayward Arts Council, Celebrating Hayward, February 2001

Other:

Sun Gallery Holiday Boutique,  December 2007, 2008
A.R.T. Inc.  Members Exhibit, January, 2007, 2009
Hayward Area Open Studios, May, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Oct. 2007, 2008
Livermore Harvest Festival, September: Thomas Coyne Winery, 2005
                               Murrieta’s Well Winery, 2001, 2002
                               Westover Winery, 2000
Hayward Arts Council members Christmas Gift Show,
                                                          November –December 2003, 2006
Hayward Chamber of Commerce, October-November, 2003
Hayward Arts Council Members Show, September 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009
Hayward Arts Council, Art in the Park, October 2000