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Victoria Twomey
is an award-winning digital artist who uses the computer as a paintbrush
to produce beautiful fine-art images and a poet with several books to her
credit. Her work has been exhibited in New York at the Unitarian
Fellowship Gallery (solo show), Huntington; the “Winners Circle” show at
Gallery North, Setauket; the Long Island History Museum, Stonybrook;
“Color Theories” at the Art-trium Gallery, Melville and the Main
Street Petite Gallery, Huntington. She was named “Artist of the Week” by
WLIW’s Ticket television show (Channel 21) where her work was showcased in
January, 2006.
She recently received two awards at the
Gallery North 41st Annual Outdoor Art Show in September, 2006 for "Best
New Entry – Fine Arts" and "Second Place - Graphic Design,"
and in 2007 she was a winner in the HAC’s 4th Annual Juried
Photography Show.
Entirely self-educated, Victoria began by teaching herself basic
programming in order to create animations. As the technology progressed,
so did her ability to use the computer as a creative tool, eventually
teaching herself the skills necessary to work as a full-time web designer,
programmer, graphic artist and technical marketing writer. She is a
science buff and lover of philosophy who deeply respects the spiritual
journey of all living things.
Much of
her fine-art work begins by carefully arranging objects on a flatbed scanner, sometimes using textured cloth for the background.
She also uses a digital camera to capture images. While some of her work
is realistic, quite often the combinations of items are not normally found
together, which adds interest to the piece and contributes to her unique
style. For instance, she may float pistachios in mint jelly or pour milk
next to a jellybean. She also likes to disassemble everyday objects and
present them in a new way. For instance she might remove the petals from a
rose and rearrange them behind a bright white daisy. The composition is
then transferred to Photoshop where she applies her own vision of color,
light and shadow – removing unwanted elements and creating new ones.
Orange Jello becomes a cave painting, kiwis and strawberries become an
alien beach, dinner rolls are transformed into a bold abstract. The viewer
is immediately struck by the intimacy and intensity of many of Victoria’s
pieces. Everyday objects are seen with the emotional drama of the poet’s
heart and the eye of a scientist. The result is a body of work that is
unique, beautiful and organically powerful.
"I see the objects in the world as a
source of color, light and texture - tiles for me to put together in my
mosaic. I ponder them on a molecular, three-dimensional and spiritual
level. It doesn't matter what their usual purpose is, they are reduced (or
elevated) to becoming a part of the experiment. I love reforming the parts
of the universe within my reach into new objects, into a surprise. My more
traditional flower work is about honoring nature’s own grand experiment.
I will spend hours working in the intimate, silent presence of an iris,
flying about its petals, and finally feel satiated. My favorite toy as a
child was a microscope – now I continue to play and create these images
because I am driven to do so, because they quiet me, humble me, and
fascinate me more than anything else in the world. In addition, the camera
lens is a means of entering the world anew, an opportunity to experience a
highly focused, existential slice of the world. I will sometimes take a
hundred pictures of clouds, pointing up to the sky, clicking away, loving
and savoring each moment. I often do nothing with them. They have already
brought me closer to the creator. The sky is my church - the clicking
camera my words of prayer." -Victoria Twomey
Victoria also paints with the spoken and written word,
appearing as a featured poet at various venues around Long Island
including “First Fridays” at the Hecksher Museum of Art,
The Poetry Barn, Barnes & Noble, The Pisces Cafe, Borders Books and local radio.
She is the author of “The Feminine Voice” a compilation of her previously
published chapbooks. Her poems have been published in several anthologies,
in newspapers and on the Web, including
poetrybay.com, "For Better or For Worse" (PoetWorks Press), "Haiku One
Breaths" (Allbook Books), “Long Island Sounds 2005(and 2006)” (North Sea
Poetry Scene Press), “PPA Literary Review,” the Northport Observer, The
Long Island Quarterly and the North Shore Woman's Newspaper. Her poem
"Pieta" was nominated for the 2006 Pushcart Prize.
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Memberships:
ASCI (Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.); Art League of Long Island;
Huntington Arts Council; Northport Arts Coalition
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