Hi, I’m Valerie.
Courage Drifter began as a personal practice rooted in travel, observation, and design. What started as a way to notice patterns, places, and everyday details has grown into an ongoing body of work that lives across art prints, objects, and writing.
This work is less about destinations and more about how movement shapes how we see, remember, and make meaning.
Each piece begins with time spent looking, wandering, and paying attention to the world as it unfolds.
My Approach
I work at the intersection of travel, visual design, and writing. Cities, landscapes, architecture, and small moments of daily life become starting points for colour, form, and composition. Some ideas begin as notes or sketches, others arrive through photographs, writing, or time spent wandering unfamiliar places.
Courage Drifter is where these threads come together. The work values presence over perfection and curiosity over certainty, allowing ideas to take shape slowly through attention, repetition, and lived experience.
Design and writing
Design and writing are equal parts of my practice. Writing helps me slow down and notice what a place offers beyond the obvious. Design allows those impressions to take visual form through colour, pattern, and composition. Together, they create a rhythm of looking, reflecting, and making that continues to evolve over time.
Travel as practice
Travel is not a backdrop for the work, but a way of thinking. Moving through unfamiliar places sharpens attention and invites new perspectives. Courage Drifter reflects this approach, gathering impressions gradually and allowing them to surface naturally through the work.