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Victoria Twomey Artist & Poet

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About the artist

Portrait of the Artist at 17

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

Fusion Art Artist's Choice 2025

Art Light Space & Time Gallery Figurative Exhibition 2025

Camelback Gallery Shades of Blue 2025

Art Light Space & Time Gallery All Women Exhibition 2025

National Art League 93rd Annual Juried Open Exhibition

Art&Color365 2024 Artists Choice Competition

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

"Bronze Award" Camelback Gallery "Shades of Blue 2025" International Exhibition

"Special Recognition Award for Excellence in Art" Light Space & Time Gallery "All Women" Exhibition 2025

"Artistic Recognition Award" Art&Color365 2024 Artists Choice Competition

"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 ), 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


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