Virginia Candler

The seeds of Virginia’s interest in creating art began as a child when she took a class on Saturday mornings. A minor in art history, a semester studying painting in Italy and various community art classes continued to feed her appetite for making. After spending the first several years of her career in education, for nearly the past decade Virginia has pursued her own art practice. She often returns to those early experiences, especially blind contour and color theory. Inspired by shapes and colors found in nature, fashion, the human form, ancient architecture, and negative spaces, Virginia enters an uncharted process with each new work. Applying, removing and layering paint are the backbone of her progression. Unattachment is always the goal, as every work takes on an unexpected life of its own.