Victoria Wylie

Victoria makes contemporary landscape paintings from her home studio in Angus. Exploring the wilderness of Scotland's land and seascapes, she creates atmospheric paintings that celebrate nature's vastness - the ever-changing drama of shifting elements and the dynamic interplay of light where sky, sea, and land meet.

Horizon lines fascinate her - a fascination rooted in her upbringing near the North Yorkshire Moors. The vast stretches of openness still inform her work in many ways. Her paintings evoke a deep sense of openness and calm, yet through expressive brushstrokes, rich textures, and bold colour contrasts, she captures the fleeting intensity of stormy skies and golden bursts of sunlight. The paintings are memories of these moments and while each artwork is a reflection from a particular place, they encompass numerous experiences - each painting lends a fragment of itself to the next.

Her connection with, and respect for the natural world is central to every mark she makes, a connection she hopes to share with others through her work. This new collection of work is inspired by quiet winter walks from dawn through to dusk, reflecting the seasonal shift. At dawn, the world seems to awaken slowly, with light emerging gently. And with dusk falling early, these brief hours of daylight invite us to slow down and soften into gentler rhythms while we wait for the light to return. All the while, it is a reminder that darkness is a necessary space that allows light to emerge, reflecting optimism and evoking a sense of calm, renewal and possibility.

Victoria graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art + Design with a BDes (Hons) in Constructed Textiles, specialising in Gobelin tapestry weaving. She went on to complete a Master of Fine Art. She has exhibited throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK and has artworks in corporate and private collections across the world.