Virginia is primarily a painter of contemporary landscapes and seascapes having been born and brought up in rural Northamptonshire with the freedom to roam and develop the love of the countryside which has always inspired her work.

Based in Cranborne Chase for over thirty years, she now feels a strong engagement with the rolling chalk downlands and woodlands close to her home, as well as the nearby New Forest. The rugged coastal areas of North Cornwall and Pembrokeshire, which she has visited regularly since childhood, are another deeply important influence.

Drawing on strong visual and emotional memories of these areas, as well as notes and sketches made in situ, and working mainly alla prima in oils using a painting knife, she seeks to capture the changing light, colour and atmosphere of the seasons and weather patterns in an expressive way.

More recently she has been experimenting with oil and cold wax, an exciting and versatile medium, which offers scope for more textural techniques such as layering, scraffito, printing and stencilling and gives the potential for more abstract interpretations.

She is a member of several local art societies and takes part in Dorset Art Weeks and Hampshire Open Studios. Examples of her paintings can be seen in the Salt Marsh Gallery in Lymington and her work is held in private collections both in the UK and overseas.