Born and bred in Southern California, Victoria was raised in a theatrical family. It was rather a foregone conclusion that she would continue in the family business.
A successful actress on stage, television and film, Victoria is a founding member of the famous improvisational company, The Groundlings. She began her acting career as a Magpie in the iconic My Fair Lady and went on to become a regular in a number of television shows such as, Alice, One Day At A Time, Gimme A Break, The Incredible Hulk and Hogan’s Heroes. She also guest starred in a number of classic shows including, Murder She Wrote, Dynasty, Three’s Company, Charles Angels, The Love Boat and a myriad of others.
While in rehearsals or on set, Victoria would constructively use her time sketching the other actors between takes and set-ups. Her natural affinity and love for people shined through her sketches and people began to ask if they could commission a portrait. This led to her study at the California Art Institute where she discovered herself as an artist. She describes her painting as realism within the figurative tradition.
Victoria has exhibited in the juried Andrew Carnegie Museum’s Classic Competition receiving top awards, and has also been featured in American Artist Magazine and International Artist Magazine. She is a member of the Portrait Society of America and is widely collected throughout the United States.
“The complexity of the human spirit has always intrigued me. I’m convinced my experience as an actress has informed my art because I have been trained to observe people with the kind of intensity that would enable me to faithfully portray the scale of human emotions. I have found that recreating those emotions on stage is not so far removed from recreating those emotions on canvas. The applause however, is just a bit more silent.”