Category Archives: New Work

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Interview

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Victoria

April is off to a good start. Sold a painting yesterday to a repeat patron and Constance Humphries, a wonderful painter on 1000 Markets, posted this interview on her blog. I’ve added my bigger abstracts as limited edition prints on my … Continue reading →

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Artists’ voices

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Victoria

It’s difficult to write an artist’s statement and at best, is only an approximation of what makes up the actual painting. Many painters have refused to describe their work, others merely offer a hint of what their motivation or muse … Continue reading →

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Promoting the arts

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Victoria

I’m promoting the new online shop of my work at 1000Markets. They have a beautiful interface, and maybe 1/8th of the traffic that Etsy has. But they’ve already had some great press on Real Simple. You can read it here.

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The last of winter

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Victoria

Most of the snow has now melted and these are my last paintings of it, small 8″x8″ on canvas paper. I already miss the quiet morning whiteness. I’m hoping for another last gasp of winter.  

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Spring

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Victoria

Time to break out the seed catalogs, it went up to 56 today and the snow is mostly melted. Here’s one of my newest paintings, inspired partly by Bill Evans on Cross Currents, and his cover of the Cole Porter … Continue reading →

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Winter, Twitter and the art of Woo

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Victoria

I’ve been pondering the interactions on Twitter and other social sites. Often it seems that people are overlooking simple forms of etiquette or what you could call the ‘Art of Woo’. Defined in their book titled the same, by G. … Continue reading →

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Etsy. Twitter and tweet

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Victoria

I sold my first two paintings on Etsy within less than two weeks of joining, and have some other interest – not a bad beginning…They’re all smallish paintings, an abstract, a landscape and a figurative nude. I’m pleasantly surprised too, … Continue reading →

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Truthiness

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Victoria

‘Save the World in Your Own Time’ is Stanley Fish’s new book. Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois, Chicago, he’s written for the New Yorker and writes the ‘Think Again’ blog … Continue reading →

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Genius or Hobbyist?

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Victoria

My sister (a writer who copyedits for a living) just sent me this review of several new books on the business of making art and I wanted to share it. I’m currently painting like crazy and posting on Etsy. Her idea … Continue reading →

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Etsy Shop

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Victoria

I’m having a sale on small works at my newly opened Etsy shop. Please stop by and browse. Better yet, buy something! Happy New Year!

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