Val M Cox, artist, started painting in the mid-60s and first exhibited in 1968. He worked in acrylic and continues to work on paper although works in oil on canvas predominate among his paintings. Val M Cox, artist, started painting in the mid-60s and first exhibited in 1968. He worked in acrylic and continues to work on paper although works in oil on canvas predominate among his paintings. Val M Cox, artist, started painting in the mid-60s and first exhibited in 1968. He worked in acrylic and continues to work on paper although works in oil on canvas predominate among his paintings.