Author Archives: Victoria

Holiday sale

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Victoria

I’m offering some new limited edition prints of paintings available from now until the end of December. My professional printer uses a giclée printing process with archival inks guaranteed to be fade resistant for up to 200 years. These vibrant … Continue reading →

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Post Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Victoria

Buddy the cat got the raw liver from my free range turkey (courtesy township/volunteer work) and gobbled it up. He then conked out for the rest of the day on my woodpile. This caught my eye today as I browsed … Continue reading →

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Late November paintings

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Victoria

The light is inspiring this time of year. Golden afternoons and crisp evenings. Alizarin, oranges and ochres combine to make stunning contrasts. The foxes live in the border between my property and the houses beyond. I hear them calling each … Continue reading →

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Asparagus Bed

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Victoria

The newest painting of the asparagus bed gone to seed in my garden. The afternoon light makes the fern-like fronds of the asparagus a brilliant deep yellow. This golden light is particular to this time of year- autumn- and since … Continue reading →

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Sam Gilliam on what it means to be an artist

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Victoria

Gilliam juried my work into an exhibit last spring at Philadelphia’s Woodmere Museum of Art and I love that he says success for an artist is in just ‘doing it’, more than anything else. And that change is a routine part … Continue reading →

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New paintings and a salon for storytellers

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Victoria

A series of new fall paintings. October. Oil on canvas panel 8″x10″ 2009. (sold)   November. Oil on canvas panel 8″x10″ 2009.   November II. Oil on canvas panel 8″x10″ 2009. Last night I went over to a friend’s 1732 … Continue reading →

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To conjecture and not to test is the mark of a savage

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Victoria

That’s from George Polya, who was Professor Emeritus at Stanford and a mathematician who wrote the 1968 book I’m reading on math; ‘Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Volume II – Patterns of Plausible Inference’. The father of problem solving. I like the … Continue reading →

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Portraits

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Victoria

Portraits. Suddenly they’re the rage. Every art critic/blogger seems to be showcasing someone’s new portrait of a hip-hop celebrity, or a museum’s retrospective of a newly discovered, been around a long time, figurative painter. The National Gallery held a portrait … Continue reading →

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Exhibit – Wayne Art Center

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Victoria

A 2009 spring painting, Ariettes Oublieés, will be shown at the Wayne Art Center’s members exhibit, juried by Michael Gallagher, a professor and painter at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The exhibit runs from October 25th to November … Continue reading →

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David Hockney pontificates and paints

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Victoria

I liked David Hockney’s early portraits but his latest landscapes are quite a surprise if you haven’t yet discovered them. They remind me of a modern Matisse who might have used a lot of dioxazine purple to offset his phthalo … Continue reading →

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