Victoria Brown Artist

Paintings

Welcome

Here you can view series of my original paintings; 'Losing Lace', 'The Seven Chakras', 'Celebrating India', 'Blossom', 'Water & Stones' & 'The Five Elements'. Please visit my gallery shop if you wish to purchase a painting, it is regularly updated with new work. I take on commissions and enjoy creating original paintings for interior design projects & for special occasions such as weddings & anniversaries. Please contact me if you have any questions, would like to arrange a viewing or wish to make a commission.

Lace Paintings

My love for pattern, light & colour has roots in the beautiful Nottingham lace my family once manufactured. Within this series I am inspired by old lace pattern books. These expanded lace patterns are created with; Michael Harding oil paints, acrylic paints & gold leaf on canvas. Sometimes I finish the paintings with fragments of lace and sequins. Here are just a few of my collection of lace paintings which I continue to build upon.

Losing Lace, Levers Evergreen

Victoria Brown Oils & Gold Leaf on Canvas 150 x 100 cm £1600 /store

Losing Lace, The Bride

Victoria Brown Oils, lace, gold leaf on canvas 150 x 100 cm Sold

Losing Lace Sparks & Stars

Oils & gold leaf on canvas 150 x100 cm £2400 /store

Losing Lace
Kyoto In Spring

Victoria Brown Oils, lace, gold leaf & sequins on canvas100 x 150cm £1600 /store

Losing Lace, Levers Magenta Bud

Victoria Brown Oils, lace, gold leaf & sequins on canvas.100 x 150cm £1600 /store

Peacock Blue Lace

Oil paints, gold leaf & sequins on canvas, width 120cm x height 80cm x 4.5cm deep. £580 /store

Losing Lace, Levers Feathered Leaf

Sold

Losing Lace
Kyoto I in Blue

Victoria Brown Oils, gold leaf on canvas 76 x 101 cm £680 /store

Losing Lace
Levers Purple

Victoria Brown. Oils, Lace & Gold Leaf on Canvas. 60 x 60cm £450 /store

Losing Lace
Levers Poppy

Victoria Brown. Oils, Lace & Gold Leaf on Canvas. 60 x 60cm £450 /store

Losing Lace
Levers Forget Me Not

Victoria Brown. Oils, Lace & Gold Leaf on Canvas. 60 x 60cm £450 /store

Levers, Cherry Lace

Victoria Brown Oils & gold leaf on canvas height 80 x width 80cm x 4.5cm deep £540 /store

Levers Lace, Kyoto in Snow

Victoria Brown Oils & gold leaf on canvas height 80 x width 80cm x 4.5cm deep £640 /store

Losing Lace, Levers Harvest Sun

Sold

Losing Lace Victoria Mill Sunset.

Lace detail.

Losing Lace
Victoria Mill Sunset

Victoria Brown Oils, sequins & lace fragments on canvas, 150 x 100cm £1200 /store

Victoria Mill

Victoria Mill, Draycott, Derbyshire where my Great Grandfather Thomas Stocks started his lace business in the early 1900's. It was a tenement mill owned by Jardines, lace machine manufacturers.

The Seven Chakras

Within this series of paintings I have been studying the Seven Chakras through experimenting with a new painting process. Each Chakra is associated with a different colour & a lotus flower symbol (each symbol has a different number of lotus petals.) Surrounding the symbol I painted affirmations associated with the Chakra then applied layers of colour, finishing with a flower painted above the symbol. The flowers have either grown outside my studio or been gifted to me throughout the project. Each one is painted with oils on canvas 30x30 cm £120 /store

Celebrating India

These paintings were created during my arts residency at Artcore, part of their Art Attachments programme; the focus was 'Celebrating 70 Years of India's Independence. Since recovering from a back operation fifteen years ago I started practising yoga every week; it wasn't till working on the residency I learnt Yoga originated in India over 3000 years ago. I explored this newly discovered connection by sampling imagery from India which led to painting a triptych on yoga mats to celebrate the rich layers of India’s culture. Working with the texture & pattern of the surface I layered India's state flowers, Lakshmi (a Hindu & Buddhist goddess) & other references to the culture. 'Flora of India' two panels painted on canvas were created after researching the British plant hunters with reference to Sir Joseph Hookers books 'Flora of British India'. Through the residency I became aware of the richness of India's culture also the influences & damage caused by British colonialism; I would like to visit India one day to research this subject in more depth.

Blossom

Every springtime I enjoy painting fresh blossoms responding to their energy, delicacy and fleeting nature. Perhaps my love for this time of year started when I was a baby as each afternoon I slept under a cherry tree in my pram. Some of this collection were created during my 'Blossom' arts project where I was Artist in Residence at the National Trust's Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire within the fruit orchards. My Blossom Project also involved painting the cherry tree lined roads in Chaddesden a suburb of Derby. I was surprised to discover spring blossom is much celebrated in Japanese culture during Hanami season (blossom viewing); through this project I wanted to encourage everyone to take delight in viewing the blossoms here in the UK. The paintings are created with Michael Harding oil paints on canvas sometimes I have applied gold leaf, liquid leaf and the occasional sequin or petal.

Apple Blossom Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown
Oil Paints & Gold leaf on Canvas. 80 x 80cm SOLD

Blossom Fizz I

Victoria Brown Oil Paints & Gold leaf on Canvas. 80 x 80cm Sold

Blossom Fizz II

Victoria Brown. Oils & Gold leaf on Canvas 80 x 80 cm
Sold

Cherry Blossom, Chaddesden Park Road

Victoria Brown. Oils & Gold leaf on Canvas 80 x 80 cm Sold

Cherry Blossom,Chaddesden Park Road II

Victoria Brown. Oils & Gold leaf on Canvas 80 x 80 cm £540 /store

Cherry Tree Lined Roads, Chaddesden.

Victoria Brown Oils on canvas with gold leaf, liquid leaf & sequins 80 x 80 cm Sold

Lord Lambourne, Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown. Oils on canvas with gold leaf, liquid leaf and sequins. 120 x 80cm £700 /store

Abundance

Victoria Brown Oils on canvas with gold leaf, liquid leaf & sequins 100 x 50 cm Sold

Apple Blossom Orchard, Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown. Oils on canvas with gold leaf, liquid leaf & sequins 80cm X 120cm £760 /store

Apple Blossom & Shadows II Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown. Oil paints on canvas 120cm x 80cm £640 /store

Apple Blossom Petals,Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown. Oil paints on canvas 100cm x 50 cm £380 /store

Apple Blossom & Shadows I Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown. Oil paints on canvas 120cm x 80cm £640 /store

Cherry Blossom, Chaddesden Park Road II

Victoria Brown. Oils, gold leaf liquid leaf & sequins on canvas 100 x 50cm £380 /store

Hardwick Hall

I was surprised by these two ladies whilst painting the crab apple blossom; it was such a glorious summer day!

Crab Apple Blossom, Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown. Oils, gold leaf, liquid leaf & sequins on canvas 100 x 50cm £380 /store

Falling Blossoms, Hardwick Hall

Victoria Brown. Oil paints on canvas 80 x 120cm Sold

Ammonite & Spring Blossom I

Victoria Brown. Acrylic paints, crayon & gold leaf on paper.70x52cm framed £420 /store

Ammonite & Spring Blossom II

Victoria Brown. Acrylic paints, crayon & gold leaf on paper. 70x52cm framed £420 /store

Water, Stones & Dancing Depths.

Water & stones is a recurring exploration throughout my artistic practice responding to tranquil times I have spent peering into pools, streams, rivers & seas. Moments which have been calm, peaceful & uplifting; I am fascinated by the shapes of the stones, their colour, the movement of water and reflections on the water's surface. I am interested in the restorative qualities of water and its necessity for sustaining life; cleansing, healing and it's use in religious rituals. Within this series I have explored different ways to represent the beauty of water experimenting with a variety of media & techniques. In the Travelling Stones series the stone is strong and refuses to be broken, only shaped & smoothed by the movement of water; possibly a symbol of how our lives are shaped by outside forces we have no control over. Hidden Gems are individual stone studies inspired by an egg shaped stone I found by a river in Scotland when on a University art project. I use oils or acrylics, gold leaf & liquid leaf within the paintings to represent the ripples & movement of the water.

Dancing Depths Exhibition

The Lally Gallery

Hidden Gem, Jade Baby I

Sold

Hidden Gem, Raphael

Sold

Hidden Gem, Jade Baby III

Victoria Brown Acrylics & Gold Leaf on Canvas 30 x 30cm £120 /store

Hidden Gem,Kali

Victoria Brown Acrylics & Gold Leaf on Canvas 30 x 30cm £120 /store

Travelling Stone,Fire

Victoria Brown Travelling Stone, Fire 101 x 76cm £440 /store

Hidden Gem,Rachael

Victoria Brown Acrylics & Gold Leaf on Canvas 30 x 30cm £120 /store

Water Boxes Triptych

Victoria Brown 3D glazed water boxes, acrylics, 45 x 55 cm £840 the set /store

Rio Abajo Rio

Victoria Brown, Acrylic Paints on Canvas. 101 x 76cm £580 /store

Floating in Crete

Victoria Brown, Acrylic Paints on Canvas with sequins. 76x76 cm £450 /store

River Music

Victoria Brown, Acrylic Paints on Canvas. 101 x 76cm £480 /store

The Five Elements

Created in spring 2020 in lock down during the Coronavirus Pandemic. I was curious to learn more about the 'Five Elements' here are studies of each element which gave me a brief moment of joy during this stressful period.Oils on canvas 21 x 14.5 cm £65 each /store

Metal

Yin & Yang

Fire

Water

Earth

Wood

Commissions

I take on commissions and enjoy creating original paintings for interior design projects & for special occasions such as weddings & anniversaries. Please contact me if you have any questions, would like to arrange a viewing or wish to make a commission.