https://victoriastarvarner.com/content-exploration daily 0.75 2020-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376245565502-6RGQ35V45542C01GHX5B/west+wall.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" - "The Mysteries Revisited" Left side of installation: oil paintings set into an architectural structure of wood, aluminum and steel 30 feet long x 17 1/2 feet wide x 11 feet high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376245565502-6RGQ35V45542C01GHX5B/west+wall.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" - "The Mysteries Revisited" Left side of installation: oil paintings set into an architectural structure of wood, aluminum and steel 30 feet long x 17 1/2 feet wide x 11 feet high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376245588721-T5NBYKI16U5HVH75FKUK/east+wall.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" - "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail of right side of installation: oil paintings set into an architectural structure of wood, aluminum and steel 30 feet long x 17 1/2 feet wide x 11 feet high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274782255-F748TNN9H6I8MWJLLYCJ/Matrona.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": the Matrona, oil on canvas, 108” x 60” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274683918-ROL4XH0LPGRFODJC9WIN/Matron%2C+Young+Boy%2C+His+Mother%28cropped%29.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": family grouping, oil on linen, 108” x 108” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274859561-7FMJ6KV6XHVBW1C0E708/Young+Woman+and+Winged+Figure.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": young woman with winged figure, oil on linen, 108” x 108” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274802701-8WKH81TPQ8CD47HS2NJO/Rape+of+Europa.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": Europa, oil on linen, 108” x 60” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274692914-IKUGOUFJM1FR4LFZQHRR/Cowboy+%28Cadmus%29.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": cowboy as Cadmus, oil on linen, 108” x 60” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274590620-0BC0PZXWQEGWZW49KSVH/Acupuncture+Scene.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": acupuncture fertility scene, oil on linen, 108” x 108” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274853795-VCIUBDS1F4GFIL6VH5DX/The+Collaborators.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": the collaborators, oil on linen, 108” x 108” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376274618297-9FYTK4LZKEI8UMDAWUGL/Blindfolded+Man++with+She+Wolf-cropped.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" Detail from "The Mysteries Revisited": blindfolded figure with She Wolf, oil on linen, 108” x 60” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603580695365-06UOZK73IS677GEVR3P8/John+R.+Clarke+on+The+Mysteries+Revisited.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603583710988-V2INACVPO6P7HQZ3X0F6/The+Mysteries+Revisited+brochure+page+1+sm+file.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603583841348-17DQQCE3NIJ4QGONDLOY/The+Mysteries+Revisited+brochure+page+2+sm+file.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603583943727-0L9P1M43TPW0W5F0KJBG/The+Mysteries+Revisited+brochure+page+3+sm+file.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603584086109-K5RHMYRT2U9ZEYM7DR1I/The+Mysteries+Revisited+brochure+page+4+sm+file.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603584179490-WEC1HPNFAH9X419VK58Y/The+Mysteries+Revisited+brochure+page+6+sm+file.jpg "The Mysteries Revisited" https://victoriastarvarner.com/events daily 0.75 2015-07-02 https://victoriastarvarner.com/events/2013/4/15/event-one monthly 0.5 2013-04-01 https://victoriastarvarner.com/events/2015/7/2/celebrating-women-at-the-corpus-christi-art-center monthly 0.5 2015-07-02 https://victoriastarvarner.com/modern-canadacana daily 1.0 2022-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1656361925424-TRC7RK2JF9BGJY903HIZ/Centripetal+Forces+%235_Circle+The+Wagons%2C+Cowgirls.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1656361925424-TRC7RK2JF9BGJY903HIZ/Centripetal+Forces+%235_Circle+The+Wagons%2C+Cowgirls.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1656362622863-5VUGXKOO0HAFKFFRI8D1/Women%27s+March+roping+process+sm+file+copy.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints The making of Centripetal Forces #5: Circle the Wagons, Cowgirls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1656362868217-U2X2JKHL4LLXON7OPWHC/Varner+working+on+Women%27s+March+piece+sm+file+copy.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Refreshing the fugitive, faded pink paint before the 2020 presidential election. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376241847419-PW3B4UB7LPW4HM3X8VDI/Varner_+%2522Centripetal+Forces+%231%2522_+full.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces #1, charcoal and pigments on mounted paper, 62" diameter, 10.5" wide ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376242050175-A34DQI6RN36JRICFOJ0B/Varner%2C+%2522Centripetal+Forces+%232%2522%2C+oil%2C+pigments%2C+gold+leaf+on+panel%2C62%2522.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces #2, charcoal and pigments on panel, 62" diameter, 10.5" wide ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1602970107844-LNX2O69ZG8XFIAUYBG04/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces #5: Circle the Wagons, Cowgirls, fugitive pink paint, pigments, acrylic and silver leaf on panel, 62” diameter 10.5” ring In response to the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, this artwork was created initially in 2017 and is ongoing. The fugitive pink paint gradually fades and is refreshed every four years before the presidential election. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1435787113190-024FJUTOZWGMRP7DW1KZ/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces #3, charcoal and oil paint on panel, 60” diameter, 10.5” ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1602970013776-WAU9KQMM3FNVWVDAXMR9/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces #4, pigments on paper and gold leaf, 62" diameter, 10.5” ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1658957446900-41DS0RTMFNUZ2WJSXYJR/Victoria+Star+Varner%2C+Tiananmen_Between%2C+62%2522%2C+mixed+media+with+rubbings+from+Tiananmen+Square.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376276827363-L38IKQYM153TJOKDR5TC/Varner%2C+%2522Tienanmen+Square_Between%2C%2522+pigments%2C+gold+leaf%2C+lithographs%2C+2012-13%2C+62%2522.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Tienamen: Between, charcoal and pigments, gold leaf, and photo-lithographs of rubbings from Tienamen Square, 62” floor piece seen here in perspective https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603307315392-CFD6SFM1J2HZKJA7KV4Y/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints - "Centripetal Forces #5: Circle The Wagons, Cowgirls," pigments and silver leaf on panel, 62" diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603307724556-K0G59JTA8CZ2OH8LQ8XL/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces: Women’s March, color etching on paper, 42” x 42”, printed at Crown Point Press workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603330379591-4UQZ3YGSRK8Z6P2BD4PG/VARNER_VICTORIA-PHOTO+OF+CREATIVE+PROCESS.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Creating an aquatint etching plate at the Crown Point Press workshop 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1603310777855-L3TLP56XFASNU4YRITFM/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces: San Francisco, etching on paper, 42” x 42”, printed at Crown Point Press workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1527353755776-EBA1POVXDCLBY477SQVR/Centripetal+Forces+%28change+in+direction%29.jpg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Family Traces: Change in Direction, etching on Rives B.F.K, “44.5 x 30”, printed at Lily Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1435787266485-S2273S35O7SCLGCZI84L/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces: Winter, color aquatint and etching, 22" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1435787353169-DGNZCNEE3HXSKZP9KN1T/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces: Winter II, color aquatint and etching, 22" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1435787442340-EVD6QPXZ51AQBD79C9P8/image-asset.jpeg "Centripetal Forces" paintings, drawings, prints Centripetal Forces: Summer, aquatint and etching, 22" x 30" https://victoriastarvarner.com/performance-background daily 0.75 2015-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376247972793-4A6259DI2TXKHABP1MZP/seniors+2009+roping+%28sm+file%29.jpg Performance background with students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376247972793-4A6259DI2TXKHABP1MZP/seniors+2009+roping+%28sm+file%29.jpg Performance background with students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382223773706-BDHIQFVVG76DHQRJ92B3/Star+and+Kevin+at+World+Expo.jpg Performance background with Kevin Fitzpatrick at the World Expo, Shanghai, China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382223841647-XHG276K0P7W3KBG40FEL/Roping+Rodeo+Rascals.jpg Performance background on left, c. 1963 https://victoriastarvarner.com/centripetal-forces-engravings daily 0.75 2018-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376247739975-3Z0HQELRIQG1SKLWE369/VarnerV1.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings "Crossed Paths: Arrangement #2" 7" x 7" engravings on gampi papers, a triptych of three sets of overlaid prints, 2011, 22" x 30" sheet   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1376247739975-3Z0HQELRIQG1SKLWE369/VarnerV1.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings "Crossed Paths: Arrangement #2" 7" x 7" engravings on gampi papers, a triptych of three sets of overlaid prints, 2011, 22" x 30" sheet   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1377467285753-TJ33H9ZDOO3ATVDCO5ON/Crossed+Paths+Four+Directions.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings "Crossed Paths: Four Directions," engravings on gampi papers, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1377467360988-BZB9B2OFTDLMBAU61RKR/Family+Traces_Trick+Ropiing_proof.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings "Family Traces: Trick Roping," engraving on Kitakata paper, 2009, 7" x 7" image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1377467240689-NHS39QASIEDTBUPJHYDG/%2522We+Put+Our+Spin+On+It%2522.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings "Family Traces: #12," engraving, 7" x 7" image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1377467316859-ICR97YDJM5CGQMM44K9B/Varner%2C+%2522Crossed+Paths%2522+%286.1-10.4%29.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings From "Crossed Paths" series, engravings on gampi papers, 7" x 7"   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382324965031-NF7BRRT645UWCV9HWXPK/Crossed+Paths+1.2r.4010.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings From "Crossed Paths" series, engravings on gampi papers, 7" x 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382324163616-8FYCQIJAJ9KD04IGEYGG/Varner+Crossed+Paths+%28Tokushima%29.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings From "Crossed Paths" series, engravings on gampi papers, 7" x 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382325392372-08OF3J9RSVG7Y9JPFQ5K/Varner%2C+%2522Crossed+Paths%2522+%2810.1+-10.2%29.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings From "Crossed Paths" series, engravings on gampi papers, 7" x 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382325530024-U3OTRFRCSE3VSRRZ5JDU/Crossed+Paths+41.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings From "Crossed Paths" series, engravings on gampi papers, 7" x 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382324270484-NWIEUOO1UWWQ5OYU0N4M/Crossed+Paths+image.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings From "Crossed Paths" series, engravings on gampi papers, 7" x 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1377467379982-63XLP6OG6718XPIY2Y92/Varner%2C+Centripetal+Forces-San+Francisco%2C+engraving+and+aquatint%2C+2011.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings "Centripetal Forces: San Francisco," engraving and color aquatint, 7" x 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1382223648813-ZGGH3603R0PUJCMF79R5/Varner+making+aquatints+at+Crown+Point.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings - Making aquatint plates at Crown Point Press workshop, San Francisco For the “Centripetal Forces” aquatints, I alter the conventional method of making aquatints by using a spinning rope to displace what is normally an even layer of loose rosin dust on copper plates. Then I proceed in the conventional methods of making aquatints: heat-fusing the rosin to the plate as an acid-resist, acid-etching the copper plates, cleaning the plate of all rosin, inking the plate, wiping the surface of the plate, leaving the etched areas filled with ink, putting paper on the plate and printing it under the high pressure of an etching press. Through this method I am able to record precise evidence of centripetal force as an indexical document. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1377467139198-2A0UP4PRX951H9BMNS78/Copper+plates+on+floor.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings - The engraving process For the engravings, I spin a rope coated with charcoal onto copper plates laid on the floor and spray them with fixative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207c815e4b03ad27ab4e7c0/1377467156477-6T4Z1CSEG1F69DXXHC5F/Varner+engraving+plate+close-up.jpg "Crossed Paths" engravings - Next step in the process: engraving Close-up of a partially completed engraved plate. The engraved marks (seen here as shiny gouges in the copper plate) replicate the charcoal dust left on the copper plate by the centripetal force of a spinning rope. After the plate is fully engraved, it is inked in the gouged areas and printed on paper with a high pressure press. The prints replicate and document the original marks of centripetal force of the rope. https://victoriastarvarner.com/new-page daily 0.75 2020-10-19 https://victoriastarvarner.com/artists-statement daily 0.75 2020-10-24 https://victoriastarvarner.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2020-10-24