Victoria Blewer
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Barn Cat and Cow
Barn Cat and Cow
12-1/2" x 15-1/2"		 Vermont Morning
Snowy Starksboro, VT
21-1/2" x 25-1/2"		 Snowy Starksboro, Vt
Vermont Morning
15-1/2" x 19-1/2"
Aqua Vista Porches
Aqua Vista Porches
18" x 14"
Under the Apple Tree
Under the Apple Tree
11" x 14"
 A Raft in the Mist
A Raft in the Mist
18" x 14"
Second Haying
Second Haying
11" x 14"		 Casting at Sunset
Casting at Sunset
11" x 14"		 Barn Peak South
Barn Peak South
19" x 21-1/2"		 Barn Peak North
Barn Peak North
19" x 21-1/2"
Rocking the Raft
Rocking the Raft
14" x 18"		 Fall's Finale
Fall's Finale
14" x 18"		 Fall's Approach
Fall's Approach
15-3/4" x 19-3/4"
Pastoral View
Pastoral View
15-1/2" x 19-1/2"		 Swing in the Shade
Swing in the Shade
12-1/2" x 15-1/2"		 Harvest Time
Harvest Time
15-1/2" x 19-1/2"
Lilacs & Lily of the Valley
Lilacs & Lily of the Valley
12-1/2" x 15-1/2"		 Cosmos II
Cosmos II
12-1/2" x 15-1/2"		 Hollywood Bar & Cafe
Hollywood Bar & Café
15-1/2" x 19-1/2"



Victoria graduated from Smith College and went on to refine her art skills with classes at the New School in New York City, the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York and the University of Vermont in Burlington.  She now lives in Vermont with her husband and daughter and their three cats. 

Victoria left the chaos and clutter of New York City in 1986 to devote herself full time to fine art photography in the quiet hills of Vermont.  Working entirely in black and white, her subjects include Americana, nature, and cityscapes from Paris to Key West.  As a result of her distinctive hand coloring, many of her photographs take on a dream-like quality, others an almost elegiac nostalgia. 

In the summer of 1996 her work appeared at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, in an exhibition curated by Nancy Spector, the Associate Curator at the Guggenheim Museum.  Victoria has won many national and regional awards for her photography, including: Most Promising Young Artist from the Virginia Beach Arts Center, Virginia Beach, VA; Best in show for all media from the Chaffee Art Gallery, Rutland, VT; Honorable Mention for Photography at the Salmagundi Club in New York City; Honorable mention at the T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier, VT; and Finalist for the Photographerâs Forum Magazineâs Best of 1986,1989-1991.  Her photographs have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and books and have been displayed in private homes and offices across New England and New York. 

Victoria describes her technique: 

   "Each of my prints is photographed with black and white film (many with infrared black and white film), printed on a porous paper, and then toned for color and longevity.  Next, I hand-color the photograph with oil paints--light layers of paint are applied gently to the photograph until the color application is smooth and even.  This is a time-honored technique that photographers have used for over a century.  Before the invention of color film, it was the only method of obtaining color photographs.  The result is an image that is dream-like, elegiac, and (sometimes) surreal." 

Each photograph is an original print, colored individually by hand, and prepared in a limited edition of 40 prints.