Valarie Widmayer

Abstract Oil & Mixed Media · Colorado

Valarie
Widmayer
Artist

B.A. Fine Arts — Cedar Crest College, 1995

Based in Parker, Colorado

Medium — Oil on Canvas · Mixed Media

Artist Statement

A cloud never retains the same form or shape. Clouds continuously transform, and everyone views them from a different perspective.

As a child, I enjoyed staring at clouds, seeing what I thought they might be, and making up stories in my head. As an adult, I still have my head in the clouds. I am an abstract artist, inspired by life around me. Painting is my emotional sanctuary — allowing me to immerse myself in a canvas, exploring my innermost thoughts while finding balance within a confined space. My goal is to transform thoughts and emotions into a vibrant, richly colored collage of depth. Each painting represents the release of a part of the ever-changing artist within me, creating a tangible work of art.

Selected Exhibitions

May 2026

Abstract Zone Group Online Exhibition

Artsy.net · Online

  • Seville 2024 · 24×36 · Oil on Canvas
April 2026

Exhibizone Group Online Exhibition: Circle, Squares, Triangles

Online

  • Untitled Series (Purple) 2024 · 24×24 · Oil on Canvas
Oct 2024 – Jan 2025

24th Annual Lone Tree Art Expo

Lone Tree Arts Center · Lone Tree, Colorado

  • Crowded Streets 2025 · 24×36 · Oil on Canvas
August 2025

4th Annual Women Only — Her Canvas Art Exhibition

Blue Koi Gallery International · Online

Finalist Award
  • Longest Winter 2024 · 24×24 · Oil on Canvas
March 2024

Abstraction: Forms, Lines, Colors

Exhibition & Print Publication

  • Untitled Series — Purple 2024 · 24×24 · Oil on Canvas
February 2024

43rd Issue · Virtual Exhibition

Artistonish Magazine · Print Publication

  • Lisbon Street 2024 · 15×30 · Oil/Mixed Media
Sep 2023 – Mar 2024

Group Exhibition

Birdsong Collective Art Gallery · Arvada, Colorado

  • Fade Into Blue 2023 · 24×24
  • A.M. Light 2023 · 24×36
  • Intricate Web We Weave 2023 · 20×20
  • Cherry Blossom 2023 · 20×20
  • Ignite 2023 · 24×24
July 2023

2023 Abstract Exhibit · Virtual Exhibition

Las Laguna Art Gallery · Laguna Beach, California

  • Gray Matter 2021 · 36×36

Biography

A life shaped
by art &
color.

Valarie Widmayer holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Cedar Crest College (1996). Her early career brought her to Crayola, where she worked in Art Education.

In 2001, Valarie relocated to Colorado. Over the past several years she has returned fully to the canvas, earning recognition in juried exhibitions across Colorado and California.

Her work — richly layered oil and mixed media paintings — reflects both the emotional interior life of its maker and the expansive natural landscapes of her adopted home.

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See what's on the easel.

@valwidmayerart on Instagram

Follow the Work

See what's on the easel.

@valwidmayerart on Instagram

Original Work · Three Decades of Practice

A Legacy of
Refinement


Valarie Widmayer’s paintings carry the emotional weight of a life lived through color — abstract work that honors the truth of place, light, and memory.

Each canvas is built through layers of oil and mixed media, shaped over decades of practice and a commitment to work that endures beyond the moment of its making.

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A woman and a man are standing together in an art gallery, smiling at the camera. The woman wears glasses, a black jacket, and has a name tag that reads Valerie Widmayer. The man is in a dark blue sweater and jeans, holding a drink. Behind them are various artworks, including a detailed animal portrait and an abstract painting.