Val de Vries
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Location | South Australia, Australia |
| Introduction | I was brought up in a very loving home with wonderful parents and my younger brother (who is also my great friend). Loved to read, write and do puzzles as a kid. My major occupation was Private Secretary to a Lawyer and in Real Estate. After I married, there was an amazing twist in my life, when I had the opportunity to become involved in the Arts, and thus began my painting life. My first love was painting on Porcelain, and I took Seminars with as many top teachers from Australia and Overseas as I possibly could. I taught Porcelain Painting in an Adelaide Gallery, having studied and qualified as a teacher in 1986. I have been very fortunate to travel most of Australia many times over, as well as Fiji, Bali, and Europe including England and Scotland. I lived for 3 months in The Hague in Holland, and that was a really magic time in my life. I have one son, who is my pride and joy. |
| Interests | Art, Designing especially for Porcelain Art, Creative Writing, Photography, Music, Travel, Antiques, being with Family and Friends, Computer and Online Friends. |
| Favorite movies | Probably too many to mention, but they MUST have a happy ending -- that's one big stipulation. |
| Favorite books | Biographies and Autobiographies, Maeve Binchey, Marion Lennox, Lucy Clark, Monica McInerney. |