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Visual Art by Victoria Popritkin
When Victoria isn't sharing her voice, she's almost certainly creating with a paintbrush or pen. Music scores are a favored canvas, often commemorating special or momentous performances.
Her Doodlebobs and Squiggles are born from moments rooted in world travel, song, and neuroscience, drawing a bubbly visual link between the worlds she lives and creates in. Victoria's works range from travel sights commemorated in acrylic to abstract watercolors inspired by brain scans.
Jellyfish Panoply 2023
Painting of a jellyfish resting on a detailed gray medieval coat of arms surrounded by pink carnations with a diamond-pattern background. Flowers from Cincinnati, coat of arms found at Boston Art Museum, jellyfish from Delray Beach.
Mignon Wanderer 2025
Based on the painting “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich, this version consists of the character Mignon from Goethe’s novel, Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship. Elements from Hugo Wolf’s song cycle, Mignon Lieder, and more specifically the final epic piece, “Kennst du das Land” also appear in the landscape as orange trees and dragons.
Tree 2020
Abstract watercolor painting separated into four panels, each showing a tree set against a bright, multicolored pastel background. The four sections of the painting harken to a stained glass window.
Harmony and Melody 2025
Eighth note elaborately decorated by acrylic and pen.
Masquerade 2016
Detailed colored pencil drawing with a candlestick and feathered Venetian mask reflecting in a small mirror.
Waterbird 2025
Containing dazzling elements and intricate details, “Waterbird” is a visual representation of the final song in Gwyneth Walker’s song cycle The Sun is Love, with poetry by Rumi. Waterbird is written in Farsi to represent the poem’s original language.
Piano 2024
A virtually rendered drawing made during various music classes features psychedelic elements surrounding a piano.
Venice 2021
Detailed drawing of a building façade in Venice with balconies and two geometric strawberry sculptures outside the front door.
Swirl 2024
Abstract painting of swirly floral shapes in aqua, red, and yellow tones.
Erato 2021
An abstract pastel drawing of Erato, the muse of lyric poetry. She is seated against a colorful background wearing a black cascading dress. Inspired by Charles Meynier’s painting of Erato with Cupid found at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Brain 2021
Abstract painting of a human brain depicting left-brain, right brain dichotomy. One side is painted with squiggles and swirls, the other side has dot-filled lines and DNA code.
Woods 2020
Abstract painting of trees casting shadows in a golden field. The sky behind them is blue.
Orange 2024
Abstract painting of orange slices with shaded bursting droplets and angular purple scrolling elements.
A Meditation 2025
A colorful meditation in pastel color palette. Work by acrylic paint and pens.
Swirl 2023
Intricate abstract Doodlebob of wavy swirling shapes, dots, and zigzag lines in every color of the rainbow.
Brain 2022
Abstract painting of the brain that shows fire, trees, flowers, wind, water, synapses, and a strawberry, all bursting from a central yellow star. Elements inspired by songs in Victoria’s senior recital, Notes Towards a Poem that Will Never be Written, based around the Margaret Atwood poem by the same name.
X-Ray 2020
Mixed media abstract painting of a foot showing its inner bone and muscle structure, set against sharp arcing gray lines and pastel swirls.
Vienna 2024
Abstract painting of a woman. Colorful dots trail down her body against a dual background of blue squiggles and orange swirls. Inspired by figure paintings at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.
Swirl 2020
Abstract multicolored Doodlebob made from sharp and soft scrolling shapes filled in with stripes, dots, swirls, and crosshatching.
Der fliegende Holländer 2020
Abstract mixed media drawing with sharp, pointed arch lines and swirls. The colors range from purples to teal green. Forms mimic an abstract sailing ship.
Clair de Lune 2021
Painting in vibrant pastel colors shows a fountain spouting water under a starry moonlit sky with people dancing, a violin, and an abstract tree. Inspired by Antoine Watteau’s Fête Galante paintings.
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