Victoria Gonzales

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
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My artwork is a record of mundane yet impactful experiences of everyday life. The subject of memory and my interest in pictorial space create a visual narrative of the physical and metaphorical ways I navigate the world. I envision space as sometimes a place of comfort or at times a souvenir of a distant event. The memories I explore are often simultaneously joyful and melancholy, tender and distant, hopeful, and hopeless. Through my paintings, I process and rediscover the past through the intimacy and tactility of mark-making. Each work presents a bittersweet narrative where I examine the complex circumstances that have brought me to a specific moment in time.

"On Our Own Now in the Innermost Cave," 2022
Acrylic, thread, and pastels on canvas
48 x 60 in.

"Snow Day," 2022
Acrylic, thread, and pastels on canvas
48 x 60 in.

"Something New," 2022
Acrylic, thread, and pastels on canvas
48 x 60 in.

"Cast About," 2021
Oil, acrylic, thread, yarn and pastels on canvas
48 x 60 in.

"Guilty Pleasure," 2020
Acrylic, thread, and pastels on canvas
9 x 12 in.