Personal Archives - Victoria Pellouchoud https://victoriapellouchoud.com/category/personal/ Fine Art Sat, 13 Jul 2019 08:56:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://victoriapellouchoud.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Logo_4@03x-100x100.png Personal Archives - Victoria Pellouchoud https://victoriapellouchoud.com/category/personal/ 32 32 The Art Parent https://victoriapellouchoud.com/on-parenting-and-being-an-artist/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 03:47:33 +0000 https://victoriapellouchoud.com/?p=1361 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.

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]]> 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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]]> Just show up https://victoriapellouchoud.com/just-show-up/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 04:18:43 +0000 https://victoriapellouchoud.com/?p=1240 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.

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]]> 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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]]> Mother https://victoriapellouchoud.com/mother/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:41:08 +0000 https://victoriapellouchoud.com/?p=1137 This is a portrait of my mother. I remember one of the last visits we paid her not long before her passing away...

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]]> This is a portrait of my mother.  I remember one of the last visits we paid her not long before her passing away: we wheeled her out to the patio and I placed a flower in her hair, she was very peaceful and happy.  As soon as i saw her in front of the yellow wall I knew I had to paint her.

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