Vicki Pedersen • California • waow
Vicki has had a life-long passion for art, particularly for western art. She feels so fortunate that she is living the dream -- painting what she loves full time. She focuses mostly on painting the American West -- cowboys and cowgirls, Native Americans, and the beautiful landscapes of its deserts, mountains, and everything in between. She works primarily in oils but also loves to work in graphite and charcoal. Traveling throughout the west enables her to paint from life and take the photos she uses as reference for her paintings. The West offers an endless source of inspiration for her work. Its people and landscapes are what make western art so compelling.
Vicki is grateful to see the world through artist’s eyes as there is so much beauty to be seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: ‘Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.’” It's so important to Vicki to share with her viewers and collectors the timelessness of the western figures and landscapes.
Vicki is a Signature Member of both the Women Artists of the West and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, and an Artist Member of the California Art Club. For the past decade, Vicki has worked almost exclusively in oils, drawn to the richness and depth of the medium. Her heart belongs to the American West—to its cowboys, cowgirls, Native Americans, and the vast landscapes that hold their stories. Wild horses, in particular, have become another focus of her work, inspired by time spent in Utah’s deserts observing their untamed spirit and photographing them.
She considers herself a “perpetual art student,” continuously refining her craft through study and experience. She has learned from remarkable artists such as Richard Stergulz, Chad Poppleton, Grant Redden, Charles Dayton, William Schneider, and Joseph Todorovich, and others - each leaving an indelible influence on her artistic evolution.
When she isn’t at her easel, she is in motion—traveling, sketching, photographing, studying, and immersing herself in the land that fuels her creativity. She believes that art is not just about technique but about connection—to subject, to audience, to something greater than oneself. Her hope is that those who view her work will feel the soul and appreciate the beauty of the American West.
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She is a Signature Member of both the Women Artists of the West and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, and an Artist Member of the California Art Club. For the past decade, Vicki has worked almost exclusively in oils, drawn to the richness and depth of the medium. Her heart belongs to the American West—to its cowboys, cowgirls, Native Americans, and the vast landscapes that hold their stories. Wild horses, in particular, have become another focus of her work, inspired by time spent in Utah’s deserts observing their untamed spirit and photographing them.
She considers herself a “perpetual art student,” continuously refining her craft through study and experience. She has learned from remarkable artists such as Richard Stergulz, Chad Poppleton, Grant Redden, Charles Dayton, William Schneider, and Joseph Todorovich, and others - each leaving an indelible influence on her artistic evolution.
When she isn’t at her easel, she is in motion—traveling, sketching, photographing, studying, and immersing herself in the land that fuels her creativity. She believes that art is not just about technique but about connection—to subject, to audience, to something greater than oneself. Her hope is that those who view her work will feel the soul and appreciate the beauty of the American West.
Vicki has had a life-long passion for art, particularly for western art. She feels so fortunate that she is living the dream -- painting what she loves full time. She focuses mostly on painting the American West -- cowboys and cowgirls, Native Americans, and the beautiful landscapes of its deserts, mountains, and everything in between. She works primarily in oils but also loves to work in graphite and charcoal. Traveling throughout the west enables her to paint from life and take the photos she uses as reference for her paintings. The West offers an endless source of inspiration for her work. Its people and landscapes are what make western art so compelling.
Vicki is grateful to see the world through artist’s eyes as there is so much beauty to be seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: ‘Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.’” It's so important to Vicki to share with her viewers and collectors the timelessness of the western figures and landscapes.
