Born in Wenatchee, Washington, along the Columbia River, Victor was drawn to the dry, arid summer air blanketing the sagebrush hills where weather-beaten farmhouses stood abandoned along dusty dirt roads. These stark impressions were the inspiration behind his personal journey into the world of modern landscape painting. He pursued his formal art education at the Burnley School of Professional Art in Seattle and later moved to New York City in the late 70s. Victor’s loft at 36 East 23rd Street, overlooking Madison Square Park, offered inspiration and space to discover and develop his style while immersing himself in New York’s art world. One of the benefits of living in New York City was spending time in the nearby East End of Long Island’s North and South Forks, bordering the Long Island Sound, the Peconic Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to some of the most striking beaches in the world, the area celebrates lush landscapes featuring farmland and vineyards. The beauty of the countryside and waterside serves as a major inspiration in Victor’s drawings and paintings. To this day, he takes insight from the warm earth tones, classic Long Island farmhouses and rural country outposts and barns. Upon his arrival, he started working as a visual display artist for Bergdorf Goodman and B. Altman and Company. Mr. Mirabelli was invited by Charles Jourdan to design the Fifth Avenue store windows using his paintings as backdrops for their merchandise. “Playland” a Coney Island theme, integrated POP figurative imagery using bright sign and oil paints. These assemblages incorporated fabric and wooden elements including targets and mesh wire. Charles Jourdan shoes were artfully displayed within this installation .He subsequently moved on to a successful career as a designer/art director for several advertising agencies. He particularly enjoyed working with design studios specializing in print publication launches and redesigns for such publications as Forbes, Food & Wine, The New York Times Magazine and the Chicago Daily News. As a fine artist, Victor has worked in many mediums—oil, pastel, sign paint and watercolors on a multitude of surfaces: canvas, paper and wood. .Mirabelli has exhibited extensively in both solo and group juried shows. Private collectors throughout the US have acquired his work. He has served as a guest lecturer and juror for many art organizations and competitions. Victor Mirabelli is a member of the Salmagundi Club, New York, NY; the Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY. He has been a past associate member of the Northeast Watercolor Society, a member of the Catskill Art Society and the Kent Art Association, and a sustaining associate member of the American Watercolor Society.
My works reflect an impression, a mood—where detail is characterized by my use of contrasting light against dark. Using a muted palette to represent the purity and simplicity of the land, my paintings have often been described as “haunting and soul-baring…a very personal, solitary interpretation of the surrounding landscape.”
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