Author Archives: Victoria

Tom and Jack

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Victoria

Thomas Hart Benton’s paintings of working men and women in his distinctly American landscape have always sparked an emotional reaction in me. They remind me of childhood summers spent in North Carolina tobacco country, at my maternal grandparents’ hand hewn … Continue reading →

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Death of a farm, the soil lives on

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Victoria

I always look forward to reading Verlyn Klinkenborg’s editorial notebook page in the Sunday NY Times. He writes of wind howling at night, gardens and long walks with his dog in country fields. This past sunday he told of the … Continue reading →

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A last summer in Pennsylvania, apologies to Gary Snyder

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Victoria

My beautiful gardens, the last apple tree and twilights drilled by cicadas and frogs. July steam that doesn’t end at dusk. Chiggers plague, or is it poison ivied ankles? Another journey, leavings turn melancholy. Places change, memories shift, grasses grow wilder. … Continue reading →

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Heat wave paintings

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Victoria

New paintings from my garden series. 99 to 102 degrees this week. Today, a mere 88 and the first time I could stand to be out on the sun porch and paint. Monarda (scarlet bee balm) with trumpet daylilies, and … Continue reading →

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Save the bees

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Victoria

Bee up Image ©RoxanaVilla Bees need protection. You may be aware of Colony Collapse Disorder, but you may not know that scientists haven’t yet figured out what’s causing it. I watched a PBS program last week about the bee population … Continue reading →

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Two designers

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Victoria

Selling my paintings online has offered exposure to a variety of artists, artisans and designers who are using the web as a similar tool. Two of those acquaintances are interior designers; Caitlin Creer of Salt Lake City, and Victoria Smith … Continue reading →

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Hommage aux pommes, a new painting

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Victoria

Hommage Aux Pommes. Acrylic on canvas panel, 14″x16″ 2010.

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Storm and loss of Liberty

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Victoria

Yesterday afternoon my neighborhood came through a freak storm of high winds and heavy rain, but despite not losing power, or having a tree fall on the house or car as some in the area suffered, I lost one of my … Continue reading →

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New paintings for June

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Victoria

June Gardens. Acrylic on canvas panel, 9″ x 12″ 2010. The painting was inspired by the riot of color in my gardens. Daylilies, roses, peonies and a wonderful dusky green mullein (verbascum) plant just beginning to bloom. Tropic of Capricorn. … Continue reading →

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Mickey One, directed by Arthur Penn

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Victoria

I haven’t been able to find many glowing reviews of this 1964 film and it seems to be misunderstood on almost every level. Most reviewers portray the director, Arthur Penn, as having failed at his task of creating a coherent … Continue reading →

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