Critics on the new art catalog 2008
"These techniques are enhanced by a mixture of macro photography of a landscape or mysterious figures of people, objects, tools to which are added various monochromatic colors or shades that accentuate the visual results. In the representations of Valentina Butera, therefore, trees, other vegetation, forms no longer recognizable human beings, stand out in bright reflections that reach even the misrtico. The artist - who works with the artistic sensibilities of those who have the basics of a job acquired not only in academia but also in everyday work - hold drafts for soft and takes inspiration from reality if it is just to get the work done all'astrattezza. The initial model fades by sedimentation
exaggerated the color, brightness, gradation and declination. "