We want to Thank all of the participating artists again for your submissions to Lake Affect Magazine!
We received an unprecedented number of submissions and want to ensure that your artwork can be showcased in our community of artists and we are grateful to receive & review such a wide array of inspiring work created throughout the Western NY, Central NY, and Finger Lakes regions.
Lake Affect Magazine wanted to create a special space for the artists that we cannot publish in our upcoming issue, so we created an online gallery to showcase their work to our entire readership and viewership. This is an opportunity for exposure that we hope will also facilitate collaboration and community among artists.
Victoria Brzustowicz
About the Artist …
Victoria Brzustowicz knew from an early age that art was her calling. She has a BA in studio art from Wells College, where she studied with painter William Roberts. She also studied painting and printmaking at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has attended workshops with many nationally-recognized painters, including Lori Putnam, Aline Ordman, and Ken DeWaard. Brzustowicz is a signature member of the Rochester Art Club, and the co-founder and current chair of Greater Rochester Plein Air Painters. She teaches at The Art Stop (Penfield,NY) and Flower City Art Center (Rochester, NY). She has also taught plein air workshops for Cummings Nature Center (Rochester Museum & Science Center) and Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY.
Brzustowicz focused on abstract painting for most of her career, but in 2015 she was introduced to the techniques of painting alla prima, and since then she has focused on painting outside the studio. Her work explores the line between abstraction and representation, with an emphasis on surface and mark-making.
“Painting is a combination of observation and exploration for me, not literal reporting. Whether outdoors or in the studio, each painting follows its own trajectory, and I discover what that is as the painting develops,” says Brzustowicz. “I want the viewer to feel the life and energy that attracted me to a subject matter in the first place.”
Her work has been exhibited at the MAG Finger Lakes Exhibition, through Rochester Art Club and Penfield Art Association, and at plein air festivals in the area. You can view more of her work at Pittsford Fine Arts (Pittsford, NY), or on her website, VictoriaBCreative.com.
Check me out also at …
Instagram – @creativevictoriab
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaBCreativeArts
Web /URL – https://victoriabcreative.com/
