About Me:

 

Hi! I'm Valerie May, an artist, wife, mom & community volunteer. I love to play with paints, inks, paper, book binding, and so much more. My mico art business is called Bent Tree Arts. Let me explain why:

 

My favourite painting in pretty much the whole wide world is Tom Thomson's The West Wind, featuring the windswept pine tree. I've obsessed about it for years, wrote an essay about it, have the print ... you get the picture. 

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What I love about that pine tree in Tom's painting, is that after many years of facing the elements head on, the tree has developed bends to adapt. These days, aren't we all facing headwinds? The wonderful bending comes with age & experience, sure. But do we snap in two? Not usually. And if we feel that we have, that's okay, too. Making art will help, I guarantee it. 

 

 I've just moved to beautiful Muskoka, Ontario a lovely, treed area of the Canadian Shield. There's deep history here from my childhood. So glad to be back. 

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** Original Art ** Workshops for the Creative Soul ** Over 12 years experience guiding adult, kids, and special needs creativity workshops. Find out more HERE.

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