Calla Lilies was created with very intuitive marks with no changes or corrections. Victories says that one of the best influences in her art was studying Chinese Brush Painting with Ning Yeh at the Worcester Art Museum. With this style of painting, the artist gets one chance to get it right, so the artist has to prepare his whole feeling so that the brush will behave and he will get the feeling he wants. Pastels are perfect for this type of thing because you don't have to be distracted with mixing colors or cleaning brushes. You just pick up the pigment color with your fingers and put it on the paper.
Nothing comes between the artist and the painting.
Victoria is not one to brag about herself and finds the hardest part about this process is to sell herself. She'd much rather just paint. She has a quiet nature and would just as soon listen rather than talk. She got her love of books from her mother, and Victoria does loves to read. She grew up with a healthy respect for learning because her family, being Jehovah's Witnesses, felt that Bible education was valuable for having a full, productive life.