Valdez is a humanist, painting intimate portrayals of the triumphs and struggles of everyday life. He is a classic American painter, making social paintings that feel historic despite their contemporary feel.
I create images as instruments to probe the past in order to reveal an immediacy to what is occurring today. I am alarmed by the denial of history.
I will continue to create counter-images to impede the social amnesia that enables our fateful desire to repeat historic patterns.
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