Valerie Isaacs paints for the experience of being outdoors studying nature- the light, the pines, the lichen and beach plum. She strives for light veracity, rhythm, and precise spatial resolution, and is interested in a tension between abstract summation and naturalistic representation.
Valerie holds a BS in Architecture from Penn State. She studied figure drawing at the University of Seville and with John Michel (Charleston SC), and painting at the Fleisher Art Memorial (Philadelphia) and with Douglas Balentine (Charleston). She studied Old Masters in museums during five years living in Spain and Italy. Her first exhibition was in Seville in 1990.
Valerie has taught drawing and painting since 2010 at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Castle Hill, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and privately in Provincetown. In 2024 and 2025 she was awarded artist residencies at Provincetown Dune Shacks, and has recently completed a mural, “Women Fishing”, for the Provincetown Public Art Foundation.