User:Frenchartists/Valerie stapleton

Valérie Stapleton, née Lorand, was born in France in July 1968. After finishing her basic studies she obtained a diploma in Fashion Design and Illustration in the Franco American school in Paris. Following several jobs in the fashion design field she went back to school and trained as a layout artist in the Ecole Estienne. She then travelled to London, and went on to live in the Isla de la Palma in the Canary Islands where she created many works, drawing inspiration from the natural beauty of the caldera. Returning to England she married and moved back to her native France where she now lives and works in an old farmhouse in the country in the Cher departement with her husband and four children. Her works are inspired by the shapes and colours of the natural world, and she also bases some works on the nude female form. Her work is principally in oil and acrylic on canvas. She exhibits mainly in France and the UK.