Acrylic painting / abstract / design instruction
Virginia Cobb is well-known for her dynamic, abstract
painting style. She constantly challenges herself and her students to keep
the work fresh and stimulating. Her innovative and exciting view of the creative
process and the work she produces have gained her recognition nationally
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Virginia is the author of "Discovering
the Inner Eye" about experimental
watermedia painting. Her works have been featured in numerous books and publications
and the instructional DVD, “Acrylic Abstract
Painting: The Evolving Image” produced by Creative
Catalyst Productions.
A recent Google search reveals over 1000 references to Virginia Cobb. Most
of these are contained in the resumés of artists who have benefited
from her guidance over the years – artists who proudly list her as a teacher
along their artistic path.
In the 2008 DVD workshop Acrylic Abstract Painting:
The Evolving Image, Virginia Cobb demonstrates
her process as she creates three abstract paintings, selecting options that
highlight different design elements. The video includes 105 minutes of instruction
and demonstration and a 37 minute interview.
Virginia Cobb grew up in a family of artists and has been actively involved in art throughout her life. Cobb was elected a member of the American Watercolor Society in 1976 and in 1978 was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design. She was awarded the Dolphin Fellowship in recognition of her artistic achievements in 1983. Her art hangs in many collections and is shown in numerous invitational and one-artist exhibitions. She is a valued lecturer and juror, and shares her exciting creative process in classes and workshops taught throughout the United States as well as at her studio/residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her symposium “For the Sake of a Single Image” provides a uniquely different approach
to creating abstract art.
Virginia has served on the juries of the major watercolor/watermedia exhibitions
throughout the United States and travelled across the US and Canada teaching
painting workshops.
Among public collections that include her paintings are the National Academy of Design and the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe.
“Virginia begins a painting impulsively, working with watercolor and
acrylic, layering color and texture on her surface, scribbling and marking
into her paint… insinuating symbols that may or may not survive to the
finish… The design of the painting is imposed with deliberation... by
connecting, overlaping or otherwise organizing the smaller pieces into large
cohesive shapes.” (Excerpt from “Designsense”,
a CD workshop created by Virginia Cobb and Polly
Hammett.)
Virginia likes to say “…Painting is a journey. It
is the way I mark my path through life…”
Virginia Cobb
Creative Catalyst Productions Inc.
