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Val Stokes has been drawing since age 4. Self taught, her earlier year were spent in submitting drawings to magazines and entering local art competitions. Achieving success at portraying realistic subjects gave her the motivation to continue onwards with a career in an advertising agency as a commercial artist. Marriage to another artist and catering to the needs of a son and daughter meant freelance work from a home studio. With family later independent Val seized the opportunity to paint realistic subjects. Her passion for art continued for the next 3 decades , participating successfully in numerous art awards, solo and group exhibitions as well as maintaining a strong profile in dealer galleries in NZ . She now exhibits mainly at her home Studio and Gallery in Hamilton-New Zealand, enjoying meeting many clients and buyers personally. Val is well known for her work reproduced on cards and calendars --in addition to her own popular website www.valstokes.co.nz She continues to paint daily and is identified by her rustic subjects, cat studies, flowers, botanicals, gardens and abstracts She is kept very busy.. Recently completed 46 NZ botanical pictures for First Light Flower Essences. This is to follow the 84 which she painted a year or two back.
'My son Lyndon Stokes who is an accomplished and well-known artist has recently joined FaA. I am proud to say 'check out his FaA site.' or www.stokeart.co.nz
