Central to Victoria Pynt’s paintings is her intimate relationship with Nature as divinity, accessed by grounding herself in the forest understorey. To Victoria, this is our ancestral home; a place of nurturing.

The results are gentle, immersive, ethereal paintings she calls ‘cosy wild places’. Also a writer, Victoria is a storyteller at heart, building partly-imagined worlds through gentle layers of organic marks that invite the viewer in, just as, when someone speaks softly, you lean in to listen. Final flecks of colour are allowed to skip across the surface like sunlight on leaf, web or tiny wing.

“The result, I hope, is artwork that is somehow both divine-uplift and soft-landing – like opening the door to home.”

Victoria’s studio practice is in Canberra, where she has a special affinity with Australia’s dry southern woodlands. Her 25-year career includes representation in galleries in the ACT, NSW and Tasmania, plus four solo shows.

Victoria’s work is currently shown at Splatter Gallery, Grounded Moruya and Dirty Jane’s Canberra, and is a Featured Artist on Bluethumb online gallery. Her work was featured in Channel 9’s Space Invaders home renovation show 2026 (season 6 episode 6).