About the artist
Artist Bio
Victoria Twomey is an award-winning artist and Pushcart nominated poet who has exhibited her work on Long Island in New York and on-line. Her work is influenced by the colors and directness of Freda Kahlo, the femininity of Mary Cassatt and the sensual depictions and designs of Alphonse Mucha. She began writing and drawing at a young age, discovering colored pencils as a medium in her later years. This accelerated her artistic journey as they gave her the precision and detail she needed to move forward. She experiments with animating her drawings and adding music to further depict the emotional intention of her work. As an introvert, she spends most of her time in her studio drawing and writing.
Artist’s Statement
My work tends to depict places where I would like to spend time or portraits of women that express an aspect of my inner experience. My interior drawings reflect my deep desire for peace, safety and harmony while my female portraits represent a visual diary of my journey of self-discovery where sensuality, sadness, contemplation, anxiety, hope, connection to the natural world, and spirituality are explored.
Right now, my main subject is transformation. Many of my recent drawings show women moving from one state to another such as sleep dancing, falling, flying, and floating. Stars, clouds, and fields are often used as a background. Birds, able to travel between realms, representative of spirit and the power of mother nature, often facilitate this change.
I am most gratified when I can connect with another person at an emotional and/or intellectual level through my drawings and poetry. I Began writing poetry early on and have always gone to drawing when I cannot write and vice versa. My poems sometimes inspire the drawing or the drawing results in a poem. In addition, I have always believed that art and poetry are not what I do, but who I am, deep in my soul.
My work is influenced by Alphonse Mucha’s beautiful women and his approach to design. I love his Art Nouveau style as well as the metaphysical aspects of Gustav Klimt and Kahil Gibran's work.
Art Exhibitions
Light Space & Time Online Gallery Open Art Exhibition-November 2024
Art and Color 365 Drawings Competition
Art and Color 365 2024 Portraits Competition
Art and Color 365 2024 Open Competition
National Art League 92nd Annual Juried Open Exhibition
Art and Color 365 2023 Figural/People Competition
Fusion Art's 6th Annual Women Artists Art Exhibition
Art and Color 365 2023 Drawing Competition
Art and Color 365 2023 Portraits Competition
Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! Exhibition 19
All Women Art Exhibition Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
Fusion Art's 5th Annual Women Artists Art Exhibition
The NAWA Summer Small Works Exhibition, 2022
The National Art League 91st Annual Juried Open Exhibition
Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY
The Firefly Gallery, Northport, NY
Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY
The Unitarian Fellowship Gallery, Huntington, NY
Gallery North, Setauket, NY
The Long Island History Museum, Stonybrook, NY
The Art-trium Gallery, Melville, NY
Harborfields Public Library Gallery, Greenlawn, NY
The Main Street Petite Gallery, Huntington, NY
The NAWA Special Women/HERstory exhibition
Awards/Recognitions
"Special Merit Recognition" Light Space & Time Online Gallery Open Art Exhibition- November 2024
"Artistic Recognition" Art and Color 365 2024 Drawings Competition
"Honorable Mention" Art and Color 365 2024 Portraits Competition
"Honorable Mention" Art and Color 365 2024 Open Competiton
"Artist Recognition Award" Art and Color 365 2023 Figural/People Competition
"Artist Recognition Award" Art and Color 365 2023 Drawings Competition
"Honorable Mention" Art and Color 365 2023 Portraits Competition
"PanPastel Award for Distinction" Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! Exhibition 19
"Special Recognition Award" All Women Art Exhibition Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
"Third Place" NAWA Summer Small Works Exhibition, 2022
"Artist of the Day" National Association of Women Artists
“Artist of the Week” WLIW’s Ticket television show (Channel 21)
“Best New Entry – Fine Arts” Gallery North 41st Annual Outdoor Art Show
"Second Prize - Pastels, Graphics & Drawings" Gallery North 41st Annual Outdoor Art Show
Winner in the HAC’s 4th Annual Juried Photography Show
Memberships
National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA ), North Country Arts (NCA), Allied Artists of America
Poet Bio
Victoria Twomey is a Pushcart nominated poet and an award-winning artist with over 100 poems published in various anthologies, in newspapers and online, including BigCityLit, The High Window, The Long Island Quarterly, The Tipton Poetry Journal, Verse-Virtual, The Agape Review, The Trouvaille Review and The RavensPerch. Her poem "Pieta" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, while “Paradise” was a finalist in the 2022 Rash Award in Poetry Contest from Broad River Review, and “White Dress on a Clothesline” was awarded the 95th Moon Prize from Writing In A Woman’s Voice. She was the Featured American Poet in the Winter 2022 issue of the High Window. Her full-length, debut book of poetry, Glimpse, was published in April 2023 by Kelsay Books.
Books
Glimpse, Selected Poems by Victoria Twomey (Kelsay Books)
One or More Poems Published In:
As it Ought To Be Magazine
Autumn Sky Poetry Daily
Bards Annual 2022
BigCityLit
Broad River Review
Celestal Review
First Literary Review-East
Green Ink Poetry
Green Shoes Sanctuary
Home Planet News
Long Island Quarterly
“Long Island Sounds 2005 & 2006” (North Sea Poetry Scene Press)
North Shore Woman's Newspaper
Northport Observer
Poetica Review
PPA Literary Review
Sanctuary Magazine
Sequoia Speaks from Word Poppy Press
Stripes Magazine
SurVision Magazine
The Agape Review
The Amethyst Review
The Crowstep Poetry Journal
The High Window
The Long Islander Newspaper
The RavensPerch
The Red Ogre Review
The Tipton Poetry Journal
The Trouvaille Review
Verse-Virtual
Writing In A Woman's Voice
Awards/Recognitions
"Paradise" Finalist in 2022 Rash Award in Poetry Contest
"Beast" First Place Winner in the Performance Poets Association Contest
"White Dress on a Clothesline" Winner of the 95th Moon Prize from Writing In A Woman's Voice
“Pieta" Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
Featured American Poet, The High Window, Winter 2022 issue