Reverence to the Land | Valentyna Crane

Valentyna’s contemporary impressionist style captures the emotion of every landscape scene by embracing the effects of the changing light, atmosphere and the sensation of moving air.

She is a landscape painter, committed to her art and the people who appreciate it.

Valentina’s professional training began at the Samokish College of Fine Arts in Crimea, Ukraine - one of the oldest academic art schools in the former USSR. She obtained her Master’s degree in Architecture and Landscape Design at the Academy of Construction and Architecture “V.I. Vernadsky Сrimean Federal University”.

However, what truly shaped Valentina’s development as a professional artist is her early formal academic training at the Fine Arts School for children in Simferopol where she received a strong classical foundation in drawing, composition, sculpture, decorative arts and traditional painting techniques. 

Valentina’s classical background, her strong drafting skills and her deep knowledge of art history permeate her art. And yet, her work exudes freedom, vibrancy of colour, translucency of light and the crispness of Canberra air.

Valentyna is an intrinsically Australian artist, who transposes the techniques and knowledge she absorbed in a very different place to the context of nature, history and social fabric of Australia. 

She is an artist of great diversity and depth. Some of her works take us back to the exuberance of the French fauves or the harmonious geometry of Cezanne, yet others are contemporary, fresh and unexpected. 

"I have long had the purpose to bring light and beauty to this world. My goal is to put focus onto the positive and lovely parts of life thus uplifting and inspiring as many people as possible.”

“With this in mind, I want to take a moment to inject some extra colour and aesthetics into your day." - Valentyna Crane.

“Reverence and sympathy for the land has become an integral part of my practice. It’s through this response that I hope to share the beautiful, transient moments that have moved me the most.”

“There is much to learn from the land. The more I experience in life, the more I’m drawn to nature’s wisdom, beauty and transcendental majesty. I have long been fascinated by why we gravitate to specific landscapes and places. Why some places have more of a magnetic pull than others, and why some landscapes can leave you with an uneasy discomfort. I’ve experienced both often; It’s an awareness that has been with me for as long as I can remember. Canberra’s atmospheric mountainous layers, wild life and hills instantly create a calm within me. For me it’s a place to honour nature’s elements and forces, awaken and realign us – a place to feel the presence of nature and those we’ve lost in an Eternal Rhythm of life.”

Valentyna Crane, 2025.

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