Veronica Winters
Paintings - Drawings
Cat of Hearts · Colored Pencil
Colorful Dreams · Colored Pencil
Out of the Blue · Colored Pencil
Adolescence · Colored Pencil
“The challenge of raising a child or cooking a healthy pot of food for a family was almost never as hard as painting a human being or mixing the right hues, evoking my emotions and thoughts onto canvases. It’s not enough to paint stories realistically, which is a long learning curve on its own, more struggles come from keeping myself breathe while painting, because I can't live without the sensation, the action of painting. Painters paint themselves through their models, symbols, and stories. I paint the stillness and the quietness, the inner life and emotions-the beauty of life, expressed through the figurative, objects, and landscape. Painting after painting, I'm aiming to become better at examining the powerful marriage of feelings and thoughts in a more coherent way.”
Love of art took her from the native land of Russia in the late 90s to Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and then Florida. She followed her inner passion through studies in Oklahoma State, Penn State and schools in New York. In her artistic lifetime, Veronica has demonstrated perseverance and commitment, investigating every new canvas with emotional wit, romancing with the abundance of novel images, roaming in her mind and heart. She has created artwork for many prominent clients, who have collected her pieces over the years.
At first glance the artist might appear shy and reserved, but as you enter her studio, you encounter the vibrant space of the disciplined artist, working on her ideas from morning till late at night. Love for painting invigorates Winters' life, like the summer rain calms the Florida’s heat, where the artist currently paints.
"I didn't want to spend my life working a regular job, sobbing about the lost time I could have spent developing my craft. Today there is not enough time in a day to fulfill my drive to paint. No doubt I chose a hard path, but it develops and fulfills me as a person. My years have not vanished into the purposeless existence, rather they made me stronger and more focused in my goals as a female artist. With my painting I help people find a special place of beauty."
Veronica looks forward to every new painting she would create for personal fulfillment and viewers' enjoyment. “My affinity for baroque style (that can be described as “over the top”) and the Venetian art and architecture is obvious in works filled with detail, elegance, and beauty. My drawings and paintings follow the principle of elaborate refinement.” It is everything-the technique and design, the vision and color that makes a Veronica step off the wall space into the soul of a romantic and an intellectual alike. The artist says of her paintings: “it starts with an idea that develops as an emotional visual picture in my mind. I use my reference photos and studies, and I emphasize the visual drama by employing compositional design, the light, and the harmony of colors to achieve the ultimate balance. While the pursuit of perfection is infinite, the striving for excellence pushes my artistic limits to the max."
Veronica accepts commissions and her works can be found in private collections in the U.S.A. and Europe. She is currently represented by Emillions Art.
Love of art took her from the native land of Russia in the late 90s to Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and then Florida. She followed her inner passion through studies in Oklahoma State, Penn State and schools in New York. In her artistic lifetime, Veronica has demonstrated perseverance and commitment, investigating every new canvas with emotional wit, romancing with the abundance of novel images, roaming in her mind and heart. She has created artwork for many prominent clients, who have collected her pieces over the years.
At first glance the artist might appear shy and reserved, but as you enter her studio, you encounter the vibrant space of the disciplined artist, working on her ideas from morning till late at night. Love for painting invigorates Winters' life, like the summer rain calms the Florida’s heat, where the artist currently paints.
"I didn't want to spend my life working a regular job, sobbing about the lost time I could have spent developing my craft. Today there is not enough time in a day to fulfill my drive to paint. No doubt I chose a hard path, but it develops and fulfills me as a person. My years have not vanished into the purposeless existence, rather they made me stronger and more focused in my goals as a female artist. With my painting I help people find a special place of beauty."
Veronica looks forward to every new painting she would create for personal fulfillment and viewers' enjoyment. “My affinity for baroque style (that can be described as “over the top”) and the Venetian art and architecture is obvious in works filled with detail, elegance, and beauty. My drawings and paintings follow the principle of elaborate refinement.” It is everything-the technique and design, the vision and color that makes a Veronica step off the wall space into the soul of a romantic and an intellectual alike. The artist says of her paintings: “it starts with an idea that develops as an emotional visual picture in my mind. I use my reference photos and studies, and I emphasize the visual drama by employing compositional design, the light, and the harmony of colors to achieve the ultimate balance. While the pursuit of perfection is infinite, the striving for excellence pushes my artistic limits to the max."
Veronica accepts commissions and her works can be found in private collections in the U.S.A. and Europe. She is currently represented by Emillions Art.
Yellow Rose · Colored Pencil
Girl with Earing · Colored Pencil
Chandelier of Versailles · Colored Pencil
Painting is like poetry. It reveals something that is usually hidden, hidden within the depth of our souls.
Artists and writers open up to this realm, often making themselves vulnerable to the outside world.
My work is not about photorealism or copying of reality, rather I try achieving realistic effects to believably convey emotions, ideas, and relationships between people. My painting is infused with symbolism, which is sometimes unknown to myself until they day it’s complete.
Asking the artist to explain his or her painting is like asking to deliver the “secret” that should be read by the viewer himself. It’s akin to asking writers to give out the book’s ending. After all, painting is exciting while it remains unexplained. Thoughtful and beautiful art is not always decorative and seeks its special collector.
Why masks?
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” --Oscar Wilde
Although masks scare some viewers, they also deconstruct a person. They make it easy to imagine oneself behind it. There is no association with a “particular” face and the story becomes significant. Any person can relate to such images, finding part of himself or herself in masked people.
Why carnival figures?
I love elaborate dress code with as many elements in it as possible. My affinity for baroque style is obvious in works filled with detail, elegance, and beauty. Several years ago I made arrangements to go to Venice, Italy during the carnival month taking pictures of random people, walking the streets of ancient town. The Venetian patterns, masks and gowns provide me with infinite inspiration. The baroque art and architecture place me in the unreal world of beauty.
What does it all mean?
While my work is rooted in classicism, it contains the contemporary aesthetic. My recent work expresses feelings of love, power, and solitude through symbolism of objects and colors. Essentially all artists paint themselves through models or objects, I paint my hidden feelings and thoughts.
I’m currently developing a new series of figurative works that take a hard look on our society and a place we live in.
Artists and writers open up to this realm, often making themselves vulnerable to the outside world.
My work is not about photorealism or copying of reality, rather I try achieving realistic effects to believably convey emotions, ideas, and relationships between people. My painting is infused with symbolism, which is sometimes unknown to myself until they day it’s complete.
Asking the artist to explain his or her painting is like asking to deliver the “secret” that should be read by the viewer himself. It’s akin to asking writers to give out the book’s ending. After all, painting is exciting while it remains unexplained. Thoughtful and beautiful art is not always decorative and seeks its special collector.
Why masks?
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” --Oscar Wilde
Although masks scare some viewers, they also deconstruct a person. They make it easy to imagine oneself behind it. There is no association with a “particular” face and the story becomes significant. Any person can relate to such images, finding part of himself or herself in masked people.
Why carnival figures?
I love elaborate dress code with as many elements in it as possible. My affinity for baroque style is obvious in works filled with detail, elegance, and beauty. Several years ago I made arrangements to go to Venice, Italy during the carnival month taking pictures of random people, walking the streets of ancient town. The Venetian patterns, masks and gowns provide me with infinite inspiration. The baroque art and architecture place me in the unreal world of beauty.
What does it all mean?
While my work is rooted in classicism, it contains the contemporary aesthetic. My recent work expresses feelings of love, power, and solitude through symbolism of objects and colors. Essentially all artists paint themselves through models or objects, I paint my hidden feelings and thoughts.
I’m currently developing a new series of figurative works that take a hard look on our society and a place we live in.
Judgement · Colored Pencil
Promises · Oil on Canvas
Hidden II · Oil on Canvas
Tenderness · Oil on Canvas
Serenity · Oil on Canvas
Hidden III: Solace · Oil on Canvas
Hidden IV: Awakening · Oil on Canvas
Mirror · Oil on Canvas
Venetian Mystery IV · Oil on Canvas