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Victoria Sheridan
Victoria Sheridan was born and raised in Buenos Aires Argentina where she started
painting. She continued her education in San Francisco and in Florida. She graduated
ftom FSU in painting and art history. She has traveled extensively through South
America, the art capitals of Europe, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and The United
Kingdom. Victoria lives and works in Boca Raton, Florida. Her paintings are found in numerous
private and public collections. Her accolades include the Boca Raton Museum Of Art All Florida Competition, The Cornell Museum, The Hortt Competition and solo exhibitions at Palm Beach International Airport, Bank United and The Main Library in Ft Lauderdale.
Artist Statement
I didn't choose to be a painter. Painting chose me. The passion for painting began when I
was very young and I started to draw. At the moment when I began to have a conscience,
a sense of life and the world around me. I became aware of the desire to paint. I began to
paint in oils about 20 years ago. I never stopped. It was a psychological necessity. It was
a part ofme, a way of life and a way of thinking.
Painting for me is to observe. To observe light with different angles, shadows, reflections
and the change of colors. Painting is a way of
describing and recreating things, an observation of reality and of others.
It is away of taking part in the world and leaving something, something that lasts.
With painting one learns patience and the passion for details.
There are days when I do not paint. Those days I have a sensation of loss. The paintings that are not
created at that moment of inspiration are forever lost.
Another moment is another painting. The painting has its own life. When it comes out of
the studio, it no longer needs the painter. It is independent and speaks for itself. It passes
