VAL SLOGGETT

Titled "She Tree", signed lower right and verso, dated 2012 verso, acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 40.6cm (12 x 16in); Provenance: Thielsen Gallery, London, original price $675.00; Val Sloggett, contemporary London, Ontario abstract artist born in Peterborough, Ontario, and graduate of the Graphic Design program through Fanshawe College; for twenty years, Val successfully worked as a self-employed commercial artist in London and has been painting abstract art for twenty years; she is quoted as saying "I love colour and this is reflected in my work. With each painting, the initial design structure, skill in application of paint and colour controls the level of success. There is a constant balancing act of thought versus instinct. I also enjoy collecting historical Canadian abstracts"; her paintings have been exhibited in London, Toronto and Montreal galleries