Valerie L. Winslow is an accomplished figurative fine artist who has exhibited her paintings, drawings and low-relief sculptures in museums and galleries nationwide for over forty years. Winslow has taught at many well known art institutions, including Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California; California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) in Valencia, California; and San Francisco’s Academy of Art University, where she served as Anatomy Coordinator for the AAU School of Fine Arts. She also taught artistic anatomy to the animators at Pixar Animation Studios.

Her expertise in artistic human anatomy is demonstrated in her first book, "Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist’s Guide to Form, Function, and Movement" (2009), which contains hundreds of drawings and has received worldwide recognition, being hailed by the Library Journal as a “significant contribution to the literature of art reference.” Her second book, "Classic Human Anatomy in Motion: The Artist’s Guide to the Dynamics of Figure Drawing,” is a continuation of the anatomical information and how it pertains to the movement of the human figure. It contains hundreds of new drawings and was internationally released in 2015. Winslow continues creating her art for upcoming exhibitions and is also working on future book ideas.

For more information on the artist and to view a portfolio of her work, visit valerielwinslow.com