Author Archives: Victoria

Spring paintings

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Victoria

I took a couple of months earlier in the spring to complete a large commissioned painting and have just recently gotten back to other work. This painting was inspired by my first spring back in Atlanta after many years, along … Continue reading →

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Earth works for Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Victoria

In this week’s New Yorker, Geoff Dyer’s Poles Apart tells the story of a pilgrimage to the land art created by Robert Smithson and Walter De Maria in the 1970’s; Smithson’s Spiral Jetty at the Great Salt Lake in Utah … Continue reading →

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Funding the Arts

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Victoria

The American actor and artistic director for London’s Old Vic Theater, Kevin Spacey, gave an eloquent speech at the Kennedy Center on April 3rd in response to the GOP’s goal to cut all government funding of the arts. All of … Continue reading →

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Upcoming exhibits

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Victoria

Additional upcoming spring exhibits for April and May (see this post for current shows that just went up): April 16 – Avondale Arts Alliance, Art in the Afternoon. GA. Curated by Director Jennifer Singh. From 11am to 5pm. Map and more … Continue reading →

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Music at Emory

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Victoria

Last night I saw the young Vega String Quartet perform Beethoven’s String Quartet in E Minor, op. 59, No. 2 – or the Razumovsky quartet – at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on the Emory campus. This was an … Continue reading →

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Race, Sex, Politics, Religion…what not to talk about

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Victoria

That’s the title of an exhibit now up through April 16 at Emory’s Visual Arts Gallery, curated by artist Larry Jens Anderson. (that link is from Baltimore artist/writer/musician Jaclyn Paul, check out her site) The show was originally presented by Space … Continue reading →

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The Atlanta Beltline Project

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Victoria

I went on a bus tour of the Atlanta Beltline today with my friend Linda and another pal of hers. Our tour guide was an architect and a volunteer with the Atlanta Preservation Center. This project began after I’d left … Continue reading →

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New paintings for spring and a bird townhouse

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Victoria

Two new small works for spring. These were finished in mid February and since then I’ve been working on a large piece for a commission. Stay tuned. Blues for Ravel. Oil on canvas panel, 11″x14″, 2011. Daffodils. Oil on canvas … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Exhibits

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Victoria

My work will be shown in these upcoming spring exhibits. Unfortunately I entered Asparagus Bed into two shows and it was accepted in both. So now I have a small dilemma. Show listed first, then paintings. April 1-May 1, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Native Georgia Wildflowers and Ferns of the World

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Victoria

Georgia Perimeter College’s native plants garden, just south of Decatur, is perhaps a well known secret to Atlanta gardeners. This past Sunday I spent an afternoon listening to volunteer Karen Lindauer’s talk on native plants that are easily grown here in … Continue reading →

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