Child of Love — Split Lip Magazine

A surreal, colored-pencil portrait. Gold and pink glow against a dark purple cosmos. Celestial, energetic forces string disparate beings together: human and cat faces, a moth. Their eyes are all blue; a large, disembodied pair looms behind them. — “Child of Love” by Veronica Winters.
Colored pencil on paper, 19″ x 25″, 2022.

Veronica Winters (@veronicawintersart) is a Russian-born, Florida-based portrait artist, instructor, and author who is nationally recognized for her colored-pencil guidebooks, The Colored Pencil Manual and How to Color Like an Artist.

Through figurative art, Veronica transports her viewers to another realm. In color, figure, and symbols, the artist explores the interconnectedness of everything living in the Universe to understand the meaning of life and its systems. She paints the relationship between mind, body, and spirit, seeking to capture the secrets of the Universe that contribute to the creation of a heart-centered world filled with light.