Artist Information:
Victoria Stanway
Bicester,
United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2006
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Artist Statement:
I paint landscapes from fading
memories. My biggest challenge
is to convey these fleeting
images and the feelings
associated with them, into a
finished piece. My current
series of work strives to
capture colour and contrast
from the grey industrial
northwest where I grew up.
Recollecting bogs and fields,
the patchworks of allotments
and pastures, that all seem to
have been drained of life, as
if their time has already
passed and they are steadily,
slowly fading away. In some
way I have been trying to
capture that process, not only
in the countryside, but also
in the region's towns,
remembering the claustrophobic
rows of back to back terraced
houses built on the steep
hills.
My paintings explore the
patterns that appear to lie
beneath all this and show -
using a wider lens - the way
the fields, farms and
factories have somehow become
intertwined, with much of
humanity's work dwarfed by the
half-deserted hillscapes.
Paradoxically, I attempt to
show the way that even these
often bleak and empty
landscapes are crowded with
information and can be brought
to life. I look at my
paintings and imagine that
they represent archaeological
layers. Era is compacted onto
era, with ...
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Victoria Stanway's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Victoria Stanway's Portfolio. Browse Stanway's body of work: I paint landscapes from fading memories. My biggest challenge is to convey these fleeting images and the feelings associated with them, into a finished piece. My current series of work strives to capture colour and contrast from the grey industrial northwest where I grew up. Recollecting bogs and fields, the patchworks of allotments and pastures, that all seem to have been drained of life, as if their time has already passed and they are steadily, slowly fading away. In some way I have been trying to capture that process, not only in the countryside, but also in the region's ... |
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No Way Out, 2004
Acrylic Painting,
40 x 60 X 4 inches
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Spectre, 2008
Acrylic Painting,
100 x 100 X 2 cm
Price: US$ 2200
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Insignificance, 2008
Acrylic Painting,
80 x 30 X 3 cm
Price: US$ 1000
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Home Before Dark, 2007
Acrylic Painting,
36 x 24 X 2 inches
Price: US$ 950
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Ignoring the Mistakes, 2006
Acrylic Painting,
20 x 20 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 600
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