Valerie Eickmeier: Pond Meditations
The exhibit is a visual meditation on the elusive beauty of water and the
natural world. Rooted in the artist’s deep connection to place, these
paintings capture the fluid interplay of light, movement, and reflection
observed in Sarasota’s Marie Selby Gardens. What begins as a photograph
taken during a quiet walk becomes, in Eickmeier’s hands, an abstracted
memory—filtered through emotion, intuition, and time.
Her process begins with hundreds of digital photographs taken in changing
light throughout the day. In the studio, she carefully selects, crops, and
edits images to uncover a composition that resonates on a personal level.
Then, through expressive brushwork and painterly nuance, she transforms
those moments into works that balance abstraction with natural form. The
liquid surfaces she paints are metaphors for the ever-changing nature of
life itself—fleeting, layered, and reflective.
This exhibition invites viewers
to pause, observe, and discover their own emotiona
