Doreen E. Valenza, American Southwest Artist

Power of One Series

Two Haiku to describe this series: #1 The Power of One~ A Single Vision With Voice~ Powerful and Fierce #2 The Power of One~ Always Makes a Difference~ One Can Become More

Figurative Works

These collection of works are the continuation of my Galax Gemini Series

Life Shield Series

The Life Shield Series, my visual vocabulary of reinvented symbols is my own unique visual language, some not being truly identifiable but many are universal shapes inspired by pictographic images made by different indigenous peoples, I have taken their symbolic shapes and meaning and transformed them into my own design language which then can be interpreted by the viewer.

Snakes, Sprials and Moons

Collage Paintings

Orb Abstractions

Orb spatial compositions or how I divide orbs in space

Life Shield Space Paintings

My version of Indian Space Painting- a pictorial language of images and symbols

Southwest Inspired Collages

Collage paintings

The Ancestors & Vision Seekers

Mixed Media Collage

Prints on Demand Photographs

I have taken thousands of photographs. Here is a selection of my photographic works- more to come

Girlfriend Goddesses Jewelry Collection

Hand sculpted goddess figures. One of a kind.

Cave Flesh - Androgynous Flesh- Somebodies

Selections from my "Cave Flesh" Goddess figurative paintings

Galax Gemini

Feet Landing

Wallpaper Colorforms

Leaf Series

Altars: Here and Now + Asian Influences

Asian Influences

The Hat- Self Portraits

Memento Mori The Hat Series These photographs are actual self portraits of me wearing �The Memento Mori Hat�. Originally, I had given this hat to my Mama for her to wear as a sun shield, to protect her damaged light sensitive eyes from the hard glare of the Texas sun. When she died in 2005, I brought the hat back to NJ, and there it sat on a shelf until I was invited to a hat party. I decided to transform the basic hat into a collage of elements which would be a living memorial to her: Memento Mori (a reminder of death or mortality). Included on the hat is a photograph of Mama and me (I am about 4 years old), parts of my wedding veil, and many other elements. The hat looks like it would be at home in the early part of the 20th century, feathers and all.

Self Portraits of the Artist

The Artist as a Wizzard

Photography: Oculus

Oculus Photographs take in various cities and countries