About Valériane Leblond

Artist | Illustrator

Valériane Leblond is a French-Québecois artist who lives in Wales. She was brought up in Angers, France, and went to live in Wales after graduating in literature in Nantes. She lives in the coastal town of Aberystwyth with her four sons, her partner and a cat. She has a little studio at home where she paints while listening to French radio and sipping posh tea. Her artwork often explores themes of belonging, how people inhabit landscapes, and what makes a place feel like home. Most of her works have details and sub-stories that you may notice if you look longer. She loves reading novels and wanted to be a writer when she was a child. There is a narrative aspect in her paintings, and she often has to write down what she has in mind before she starts to paint it. She also illustrates picture books, which is a great way of combining her two passions, storytelling and painting.