Victoria Aust's Online Portfolio
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I have always enjoyed art and design, whether it is looking at the work of others or creating work of my own. As a young child I was always drawing, painting or colouring in, and I won several local competitions including painting and photography. I was very much influenced by my grandmother who is well known locally as a professional artist and teacher of art, and with whom I would spend hours just playing around with paint and a huge range of materials. I believe this is the reason why I am very experimental with materials in my work. I use household materials to create my art whether it is food colouring, tomato ketchup, nail varnish or toothpaste. I am a contemporary artist, but Ido still enjoy using oil paints on canvas or drawing realistic portraits, because I believe that is where my talents really lie and where they are more clearly visible. I also enjoy photography, both digital and traditional, although I will only use digital photographs as a starting point for a painting as I don\'t believe they are valuable enough to use as photographs in their own right. I enjoy manipulating the images and distorting them on the computer to create interesting compositions for paintings. This is where my interest in graphic design began. The beauty of traditional photography is that you have to get it right first time because you cannot delete it and take it again. The film negative cannot be wiped and then reused, so the photographs can be unique. This means that you take more time in setting up your composition so that it is absolutely perfect.
I enjoy travelling a lot having visited places such as Madrid, Goa, Canada and New York over the years. I use these experiences to inspire my work along with current affairs or anything else that happens to affect my life. Of course I have never been far away from London and its beautiful arts and culture and I regularly take trips to galleries and exhibitions as well as theatre productions, which I love.
I have studied a Vocational A-Level in art and design and am currently studying a degree course in Graphic Communication at Surrey Institute of Art and Design in Farnham. This allows me to study art and design of the digital age, because I believe that is where we are heading, if we are not there already, but my passion is definitely still with painting and drawing.
I am currently working on three painting commissions but am quite happy to consider more for the future. Just drop me an email or visit my website for more details.
I enjoy travelling a lot having visited places such as Madrid, Goa, Canada and New York over the years. I use these experiences to inspire my work along with current affairs or anything else that happens to affect my life. Of course I have never been far away from London and its beautiful arts and culture and I regularly take trips to galleries and exhibitions as well as theatre productions, which I love.
I have studied a Vocational A-Level in art and design and am currently studying a degree course in Graphic Communication at Surrey Institute of Art and Design in Farnham. This allows me to study art and design of the digital age, because I believe that is where we are heading, if we are not there already, but my passion is definitely still with painting and drawing.
I am currently working on three painting commissions but am quite happy to consider more for the future. Just drop me an email or visit my website for more details.
Artist Information
Name:
Victoria Aust
Participation
(619)
Rank 20 out of 11735
Homepage:
http://www.koodles.co.uk
Country:United Kingdom
Victoria has been a member before records began! (Pre 2006)
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Artist Comments
“Personally, I like the way this one feels. 100 % from me.”
christena schuler
“100% from me too”
Harry O'Connor
“This reminds me of being in spain on holiday. I really like your use of colour in this piece. It's very bold and striking and the composition works well. If I tried to do something like this it would probably end up on the museum of bad art website!”
Becky Needs
“love this piece. in my eyes, very romantic... reminiscent”
jazzna
“I really love your use of colours. I wouldn't mind having that painting on my wall.”
Carl carl@voodoochilli.net
“This image is powerful in so many ways to me it looks like a lost soul wandering towards a new place, great colours and composition its great to see a piece of artwork like this as image of the month.”
james taylor
“what? 7.25 X 7.25 inches only!!!!!! i have been admiring this for about a week. i just say it's measurments. lets say it blocked me out. i would like to see this exact work at 72 X 72 inches on my wall. i also like chao!”
gilles
“I especially like the blue shapes... They almost seem to be having a conversation at a cheerful yellow "table" but perhaps that's just the illustrator in me trying to find the story... At any rate, I just wanted to let you know that I really like this piece and I agree with Gilles that this would be great to see BIG! ”
Michael Auger
“I was just wondering if you had ever seen any of Bernard Cathelin's work. SOme of your art reminds me of him, especially this one.”
Becky Needs
“Intense color. I love it!”
Crystal-ann Platt
“good work. intense contrast. well-balanced structure.”
nicolae
“This is a beautiful piece Victoria. I think Abstract painting is as a communicative medium and the individual painting is the opening statement in a conversation. If this is the case, then it behoves the artist to generate some explanatory notes and perhaps other (seried) works to keep the conversation alive and on track. In conversation generally, it's nice to know what we're all talking about especially when we find ourselves attracted to the initial statement (painting). I would love to see you speak in a louder voice (larger format) because I am interested in what you are saying here...”
Mitchell Foley
“This is my favourite of your images. Loving the colours and composition.”
Brendan Stephens
“Victoria! I gotta tell you, this piece is my favorite. It is so complete. I love the colors. Well done!”
Fernando
“This is such a striking piece I love it!”
Victoria Stanway
“I love your use of colour in this piece - stunning - I agree with a previous comment I'd like this one much bigger.”
Sandra England
“I love your use of colour in this piece - stunning - I agree with a previous comment I'd like this one much bigger.”
Sandra England
“whoa, i like this one alot. the colors are marvelous”
sam pahuta
“This reminds me of the rainforest. Damp, wet, vibrant, fresh, invigorating, mysterious and enthralling... very good.”
Antony Burt
“I really love the colours on this. It makes me want to eat raspberry ripple icecream. mmmmm....”
Becky Needs
“I think this is one of my favourite's! The colours are addictive. You have great style and a diverse portfolio of work.”
Deborah Smith
“I knew becky would like this one!”
Harry
“Simple beautiful & absolutely wonderful colours. A very absorbing piece :)”
Kika Pierides
“This reminds me of the sunsets in the westren provinces of Canada.”
Frieda Linke
“A great photograph. Shows so much texture and colour.”
Deborah Smith
“im a big fan of india ink....I liked the way you composed this image.. and a great assortment of values..... good luck in the art world, Travo9485”
Travo9485
“What really seperates this image from the rest is the resemblance it has to the album cover of "A Snow Capped Romance" by 36 Crazyfists (to me anyway). Cool work.”
Riley
“I really like the texture in this image, and the blend from deep red to black is very nicely controlled. Great image. Mike.”
Moomike_geckoworks.
“I like the texture and the use of colors.”
Carla van den Berg
“Disaster!!!”
Milos
“lol. i loved the pencil sketch of the girl but seeing it in this image made me laugh. i love this picture. way to go.”
iLan Sheady
“The contrast in this image is beautiful. When I looked at all of the thumbnails of your work the dark red petals against the bright green leaves grabbed me right in!”
Kate Bligh
“I love the composition of this one. Also the colours are my favourites so I was drawn to it.”
Cathy Savels
“Anyone who loves flowers can appreciate the velvety look you caught here. awesome.”
Laura Knight Ms
“As a fellow abstract artist, I would just like to say, this is excellent! Happy Painting! ”
Gina
“This is a simply beautiful painting. ”
Samantha Pahuta
“Victoria, this piece is very good. I like your work more and more every time I see it, especially when you use (or looks like you use) some digital technology... this and Orange View are my faves. I like the 'child-like' vision of a road (journey) you portray here.”
Mitchell Foley
“This is also a very good one. I like the mixed media you've used.”
Carla van den Berg
“This is also a very good one. I like the mixed media you've used.”
Carla van den Berg
“very well done vix! i particularly like the way you handled the reflective surfaces.”
art winstanley
“Thank you! I was quite pleased with the headlights myself!”
Vix
“Thank you! I was quite pleased with the headlights myself!”
Vix
“YUP! Looks like it will pass an MOT... Good work!”
Nyanda Yekwai
“Hey Victoria, the guys in The Italian Job would love this! And your style lends it character. fab.”
Mitchell Foley
“I love this image..much after my own heart Brilliant!”
Steve Taylor
“brilliant piece”
Anita Thomas
“I really like this , it reminds of the italian job film I really like the film .”
Simon Thomas
