Victoria Colt

Currently based in beautiful New York State I am an artist, color consultant, graphic designer, amateur photographer…or in other words, a creative. The medium is ALMOST irrelevant. The subject matter is the driving force. In my case it is color.

While each of my large scale meditative color field paintings are visually minimalistic and created with the impetus to explore the interaction and optical effects of color, they are also an investigation of something deeper. There is an energy, or tension, created from applying uninhibited color that is contained within defined and uniform boxes. This is also an apt analogy as each of us is a vibrant being shining within our own predetermined and often inescapable boundaries.

When my paintings are displayed as a collection all follow the same format and align. Yet each piece is unique and contributes its individual beauty to the whole. Upon close inspection the scale starts to envelop a viewer. Details emerge that went unnoticed at a distance. You begin to see layered colors, brush strokes, texture and color interactions that change with your perspective. Colors, like humans, appear to adjust themselves to whomever they’re with and however they are viewed.

I obtained my BFA in Graphic Design from RIT and worked steadily for 15+ years as a Graphic Designer until I transitioned into a Color Specialist/Consultant role.

Painting has presented an opportunity to focus on what I find to be the most intriguing aspects of color...interaction and optical illusion. I can ask my questions (ie. What happens when I put these colors together?) in an artistic format utilizing a medium that I love.

2024
Featured Artist
Art Walk - Spring 2024
East Aurora, NY

Solo Exhibition
"...BUT MAKE IT FASHION"
Mar 6 - May 12, 2024
Chroma Vibrantly Inspired

2023
On View
G. BIV ROY
Chroma Vibrantly Inspired