biography
Victoria Brown - Artist
Painting, drawing and creating things has always been Victoria’s passion and she now concentrates on making large, vibrant paintings using acrylics, sequins and gold leaf. She uses a technique she has developed herself over the past five years, which has its roots firmly in the beautiful lace that her family used to manufacture. Recent themes of her work include Spring Blossom, water movements, seeds and gardens.
Victoria’s fascination with lace also goes beyond incorporating its intricacies in her work, to launching the Losing Lace Project, a community-supported programme aiming to protect the history of lace making in the Midlands. She is working on creating an archive of interviews, photographs, memories and stories connected with the local lace industry and will also be creating some striking lace artwork and sculptures.
Having trained in education, Victoria initially worked as a teacher before moving on to assisting the council in developing their Early Years programme. Although she chose to leave education to pursue a love of art, Victoria still works closely with children, developing creative workshops for adults working with young children and being involved in a number of Children’s Art Projects. The focus of her work with children lies in exploring ways that creative activities can develop children’s personal, social and emotional development.
Victoria combines her two passions, art and education, in her children’s book illustrations. She illustrates books written by the author Victoria Yates and together they have created a number of hand bound limited edition books. Their most recent story, The Little Goldfish, was launched in a paperback version in 2010.
