Biography
Virginia Primozic is an artist working in the paper medium, currently living in Gallup, NM. Her work encompasses landscapes, portraits, florals and abstracts, as well as “car portraits.” The non-traditional use of paper is the unifying element of her work, regardless of subject matter. Except for some occasional under painting, paper supplies all the color. Sometimes a paper is just the right shade; otherwise multiple layers and combinations are required to achieve the right hue and intensity. Organic papers are infused with natural colors and textures which add their own beauty – some thin enough to function as a glaze, others heavy and difficult to control.
Like many people, her first experiences in art were with crayons and finger paint, but unlike some, those early endeavors were guided by her mother, also a professional artist. While collage artists like Matisse and Peter Blake are influences for her, Virginia also draws inspiration from painters such as New Mexico artists Bill Baker and Edward Gonzales.
Virginia enjoys painting New Mexico scenes, but also chooses a variety of subjects that are meaningful to her, impress her with their intensity and color, or communicate simple truth, goodness, and beauty. She considers her work successful if it touches more than the viewer’s eye and draws them into a shared moment, memory, or emotion beyond the limited expression of the subject.
