Episode 191: Victoria Beyer – Art and identity
Victoria is a Chilean artist based in Germany. Her botanical art balances scientific accuracy with creative freedom, exploring themes of social masking, neurodivergence, female identity, and belonging.
Listen to hear more about:
Victoria’s early connection with nature and creativity.
Moving from Chile to Germany and how art helped her connect with her new environment.
Studying botanical art by correspondence.
The joys and challenges of working with live plants.
The botanical artists that have influenced and inspired Victoria.
The differences between traditional and contemporary botanical art.
Working from pressed herbarium specimens.
Victoria’s relationship with ‘perfectionism’.
The tools used by botanical artists.
Colour mixing ‘recipes’.
Victoria’s body of work exploring identity and the experience of social masking.
The reason why Victoria feels an affinity with orchids.
Victoria’s online course Botanical Watercolors: Learn to Paint Realistic Flowers.
You can find Victoria on her website (www.victoria-beyer.com) and on Instagram @victoria_botanical and @victoria.beyer.artist.
Learn from Victoria in her online course Botanical Watercolors: Learn to Paint Realistic Flowers.
Sign up to Victoria’s mailing list to receive a 10% discount on her artwork, an art catalogue and more!
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