My more recent fine art training influences my paintings and present-day ceramic pictures. E.g. 'Moving On' and 'St Agnes Beacon Anemonies'.
Horticulture has had a strong theme in all my work. As a florist and gardener's daughter it's a subject I am drawn back to because of the form, colour and transience of natural subjects. I often develop flowers and foliage into pattern linking it to medative prayer, a visual form rather than verbal, as the Medieval monks did in The Books of Hours and as the Muslims do in their intensely decorated temples. They are designed to be visually comfortable so to engage but not distract.

My 'people' paintings are insights into the fleeting nature of life. Grief and Change and how it moves me and I try to capture a 'moment' using oil, acrylic and pastel for these layered and richly emotive images.
Victoria Hilliard 2008

"Clay sculpture is perhaps the most recognised of the 3 Dimensional illustrative mediums. It has a more traditional basis in 3D art and the creative director can feel secure in its audience appeal. Clay sculpture allows the sculptor to explore the whimsical and imaginary as well as the purely representational. This beautifully decorated clay adds to the appeal of this very tactile illustrative form"

From The International 3d illustration awards 1V, Victoria Hilliard, a Silver and Bronze award winner.