Painting Archives - Victoria Pellouchoud

Santa Monica Mountains Art Show

Victoria Pellouchoud — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:47:59 +0000

Hi everyone! I am so excited to be a part of the King Gillette art exhibit and sale once again. I first heard of this group of artists and their mission when I moved to the San Fernando valley. Visiting my neighbor one day I was struck by many gorgeous paintings hanging on his walls. He was a collector of many paintings from Allied Artists! So I knew I had to paint with them and have been doing so regularly for many years.

This will be my second time and I’ll be showing a lot of new landscapes all dolled up in frames and priced to sell! Most paintings are of the surrounding Santa Monica Mountains recreation area. Hills trees and pathways all through my eyes, I’m proud to unveil many new paintings.

The ranch is a gorgeous place and you can easily spend a lot of your day visiting the visitors center and strolling through the grounds. So I hope you’ll also stop by and see some beautiful art from all the artists I’ll be showing alongside.

Stop by and say hello!

Warmly,

Vickie

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New Commission completed

Victoria Pellouchoud — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:46:29 +0000

This is a painting I created for a client who wanted this as a gift for his wife. It was a surprise for her and I so enjoyed painting it. I love still life and painting fruit, flowers and such, but the beautiful yellow color of the lemons along with the depiction of the fresh lemon slices was really exhilarating and I wanted to go all out and create the most idealized lemons ever. Witnessing the gift being presented was a real treat and makes this work so meaningful.

Let me know if you would like a commission and I’d be happy to discuss with you. Hope you enjoy getting a glimpse of “Lemon Splendor”.

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“Treasure”

Victoria Pellouchoud — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:17:38 +0000

During the pandemic my daughter and I made sure to get out each weekend to soothe our souls. One of our favorite places to visit is an old grapefruit orchard on a beautiful ranch, our hidden treasure. My painting had become sporadic and I was feeling very uninspired but this day I had in mind to capture my daughter, my muse, in an otherworldly beauty, something magical and mystical. And so we worked on capturing that together. Later on in thinking about what it should be called I realized it was definitely about a time a place and mostly this person who I treasure so much.

The online show will be up until June 31st, click here if you’d like to check out the show. I am quite honored to be included!

“What is done in love is done well” – Vincent Van Gogh

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New painting on view in a new show at the Santa Paula Art Museum

Victoria Pellouchoud — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:26:41 +0000

En Plein Air: An Exploration of Malibu and Ventura County

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Listening to the trees

Victoria Pellouchoud — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 19:56:44 +0000

Listening to the trees – I smell them –It’s the best smell and I don’t know why I’ve never been here before – the tree above me even spoke to me – it dropped a leaf on my blanket as if to say hello. Ok I’ll come back. No matter what the limitation – we show what we are within it and what we do though bound by it. There is always something to be found even in the tiniest, tightest little dark corner – in fact it may illuminate our true nature!

The above image is an excerpt from one of my sketchbooks. Working in North Hollywood I would take my lunch breaks at a small park nearby. I needed to feel grass and be in nature for at least a small time each day. This is when I started to paint during my lunch breaks and it grew to be a pretty significant way to grow in my art while I had very little time because of my full-time day job. It also helped my soul and my heart to grow a little bit lighter.

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Moments of Joy

Victoria Pellouchoud — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 21:16:28 +0000

This painting truly was a moment of joy to create. The theme for this show fit perfectly as it was created on a particularly sunny and warm day and was the first allied artists paint out meeting in person since the pandemic started. So double the joy for me.

I had been to this lake many times to hike and hang out with my family. But this was the first time I really dove into the beauty of the lake in my painting. Usually, I ponder the beauty of the lake but this day I really looked – it was an unreal blue that captivated my imagination. As soon as I saw the green reflections of tall trees in the blue ripples, I knew what this painting was about. I like to include a small “hook”. Something that really grabs me. Sometimes it’s very apparent and sometimes much more subtle. For this painting it was subtle. I hope you enjoy looking at this as much as I do and that you can take away some peace and serenity almost feeling the chatter of families and artists as they spent their day looking upon this beautiful scene nature provided us with.

Please take a moment to view the show when it opens! Thanks so much! Exhibition dates for this show, “Moments of Joy” are Monday, June 21-Wednesday, September 1, 2021

I’ll virtually see you there!

Vickie

“Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul.” — Vincent Van Gogh

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The Art Parent

Victoria Pellouchoud — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 03:47:33 +0000

I went heavy into gardening when the kids were toddlers, which was something I could do together when they were small, and I sketched a lot and did watercolors and lots of painting projects with them, like visual journaling collage, but my painting really did not start again until they were like five and seven.

For me it was very difficult and I needed to just let things go to focus on the children; it was pretty all consuming —I think it depends on your temperament and also on your finances and your ability to get help. Ultimately it is a beautiful respite from all of the stress and strain that parenting puts on you and the pendulum creative swings back your way when they are a little older. That is different for all families; sometimes it’s two, three, five, even seven or more! It just depends on your journey and the many detours that belong to it and its rythms.

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Morning Sun

Victoria Pellouchoud — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 10:53:58 +0000

On Saturday October 6, Galleria Gitana is having it’s 10 year anniversary celebration “10 Years of Gitana” with this opening reception with the artists. I’ve been showing at this Gallery for several years and this year I will be showing a new original oil painting “Morning Sun.” Please stop by for some art, live music and refreshments and please enjoy!

I hope to see some of you there!

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Kabocha Squash

Victoria Pellouchoud — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:27:33 +0000

Perhaps Wallace Stevens was moved by ‘A Dish of Peaches in Russia’ in the same way I was by the Kabocha Squash, for being “full of the colors of my village / And of fair weather, summer, dew, peace.”

I loved the Christmas Show at Galería Gitana which gave me an opportunity to show my “Kabocha Squash.” I was so proud that it was selected Best of Show by Scott Kiche, a painter I deeply admire!

I love this gallery and I surely had the perfect painting to fit its annual theme. Had a blast meeting up with artists i revere and loved the chance to meet some new ones.

The shows are always so professionally arranged and in a lovely setting in the San Fernando Valley. Thank you all for coming and making my night!

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Just show up

Victoria Pellouchoud — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 04:18:43 +0000

Man it was hard to show up to my work today and I couldn’t have hit more road blocks. First, I needed gas, then I needed cash; the atm didn’t like my card, go to grocery buy fruit get cash there, then bathroom, weird streets at the beach, grab lunch so I can paint uninterrupted, 5 and a half u-turns. And I finally made it to Burton Chase Park.

Since it was a new location and I wasn’t sure about where I would set up I thought to do just a little gouache. It was pretty fast and a bit bigger than I normally do. The color didn’t grab me right away and I’m faced with boats and massive amounts of tiny minute details, so ah well after all the hassle it was just ok. But I’m so happy i showed up. I got myself out of a funk; I got some paint going and I put some figures in—goals met!

I met some of the warrior painters, some new peeps who meet every weekend to paint. They are so good and I’m happy to meet them bit by bit.

On the way there, I thought yes if you want to be better at something then you just have to do a lot of work. Paint a lot, get good. So I’m resigned. And if you LOVE to do it (and I do!) it really will simply be fun with a dash of pain when it does SING!

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