Valerie L. Winslow is a professional fine artist who has exhibited her paintings and drawings in museums and galleries nationwide since 1977. Works by her are in many private collections, and she has won numerous awards. For more than thirty years she has taught figurative art and artistic anatomy at well-known institutions, and she has also taught animators at Pixar Animation Studios. Currently, Valerie is in the faculty of San Francisco's Academy of Art University, School of Fine Arts, where she serves as Anatomy Coordinator.