Victoria Wonnacott, 2023
Victoria Wonnacott is a realist painter based in Montréal, best known forher enchanting paper themed paintings. Victoria’s artistic process involvesplayfully manipulating lined stationary to create still life maquettes asmodels. The art of folding, crumpling, and staging these paper models liberates the imagination and creates fanciful scenarios. Using the creativeinterplay of surrealism anchored in realist techniques, Victoria brings thesepaper forms to life through exquisite attention to detail and ambient light.Thoughtfully partnering precision and playfulness, her work reimagines andbrings a fresh perspective to traditional painting themes—landscapes,florals, and still life.