Victoria Whorley

Victoria Whorley, a lifetime resident of Central Virginia, grew up with the river and the beautiful mountains nearby. She always had an interest in anything concerning nature: animals, flowers, and landscapes - all the things she loves to paint.

As a teenager, she was always able to render realistic pencil drawings. In 1996, she began painting with watercolors and found it to be such a beautiful way to express the beauty of all the things around her that she loved. “It has the ability to capture the smallest of details along with the darkest shadows and brightest of lights.”

Painting from photographs is how she is able to achieve such accurate detail. The light and shadows in a photograph never change as they would if painting plein air. Not blessed with the ability to paint from her mind, she needs to be able to visually see the subject and focus on it at different times during the day and night. Victoria especially enjoys painting animals; the innocence and mischief showing in their eyes is such a joy to paint.

When not painting, she loves to drive the back roads of Virginia with Mandy, her Cairn Terrier, looking for cows and any other animals that will stand still long enough for a photograph or two, for future paintings.

Victoria’s art has been accepted by many juried shows from West Virginia to North Carolina and enjoys meeting admirers of art as well as their dogs that come to the shows.