A. John Valois

Primarily self-taught, I find the flexibility and range of possibilities offered by the digital medium to be an excellent means for expressing my creative feelings and ideas. The creative process leads me frequently into unforeseen areas with some surprising results. The conflicts and complementarities of the inner and outer worlds play a significant role in the content of my work. Ezra Pound once gave the definition of an artistic image as an “intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.\" Much of my work results in emotional-thought images which are indeed time-captures of these complexes.

Ph.D. in Psychology. 40 year academic career, 31 at Univ. of San Diego. New career as Digital Artist & Photographer. In many juried exhibitions: San Diego Art Institute, San Diego County Fair,Expressions of Mexico Gallery, Poway Center of Performing Arts, Kotka Photo Center (Finland), Gallery21 Spanish Village (HM), California Art Institute, Escondido Municipal Gallery, District 117 Gallery (HM);S. Marks Methodist Church (HM), Bonita Museum & Cultural Center; six juried shows at the La Jolla Art ASsociation Gallery . Solo exhibit at Cygnet Theatre; numerous Art Walks throughout San Diego County; regular participant in La Jolla Art Association group shows (15). Member of La Jolla Art Association, Digital Art Guild, Allied Artist Association of San Diego, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild.