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About the Artist

Valerie Imhof demonstrated early talent in drawing with a permanent marker on her mother’s kitchen floor. As she grew her artistic gifts blossomed and gained her entry at the Columbus College of Art and Design, where she graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art. Valerie has pursued a career of painting and illustration ever since.

Valerie began her career in the downtown Dayton’s Front Street Studios where her paintings were frequently displayed at gallery showings and art walks, including showings in both the Columbus Museum of Art and the Dayton Art Institute.

Valerie later created commissioned children’s illustrations for the Cincinnati Art Museum and has illustrated works published in award winning issues of Vinceint Brother’s Review and the Boticelli annual fine art publication.

Valerie taught children’s art classes at Riverbend Art Center, the Dayton Art Insitute. Cincinnati Museum of Art and The Cincinnati Art Academy. She then worked at The Antioch Publishing Company designing and and illustrating art for hundreds of products.

Valerie later left her position at Antioch to become a full time mom, but she has never stopped painting. She now produces children’s books and literature. Her book Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Star commissioned by Zondervan Publishing has sold over 300,000 copies.

Valerie lives in Washington Township with proud husband Ike and their two sons Ryan and Owen. Both boys have been discovered drawing on the walls…

The work of Valerie Imhof is on display in the Vineyard's gallery for the month of January.