Valucha didn’t like labels but, when pressed to describe her style, she would call herself a “not so naïve primitive.”
She came to painting relatively late in life after many years of devoting herself to her music. Although always attracted to art, she shied away from it because of an unpleasant childhood experience with an art teacher. He wanted everyone to paint within the lines in predictable forms. Valucha was neither linear nor predictable.
In the winter of 1976 Valucha was living in Chicago in an apartment that looked out over a frozen Lake Michigan. It was a time of spiritual turmoil for her and, as Valucha always did, she dug deep into her soul to find direction. Read more and play her music online....
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