Special Guest:
Virginia Kamhi
Churning Sea by Virginia Kamhi
Join us as we gather via Zoom to hear Virginia Kamhi discuss her muse, the sea, and the artists who have most influenced her work. Virginia will also provide a brief demo and share some of her work and process, as well as the works of those influencers. Feel free to paint along with her or work on your own images!
About Virginia…
Much as a poet uses words to express spirit, emotion, and beauty of thought, pastel artist Virginia Kamhi paints painterly realistic paintings that convey the poetry, imaginative power, and rhythms of the natural wonders that surround her.
Growing up in Southern California, Kamhi spent many childhood hours roaming the hills around her home and many weekends bodysurfing in the ocean. These early memories perhaps influence her art, because California landscapes and seascapes are her preferred subjects.
A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Kamhi holds a Master's in Fine Art Painting from Academy of Art University. She has studied extensively with many eminent artists, among them Richard McKinley, Albert Handell, Lorenzo Chavez, Liz Haywood-Sullivan, and Jeanne Rosier Smith, Skip Whitcomb, and Gil Dellinger.
Although Kamhi also works in other media, pastels are her passion because of their tactile quality and unique ability to paint the visual poetry that nourishes her soul. She loves to hike in the local mountains and observe the essence of the sunlight, the complexity of form in the landscape, the interaction of light and shadow. She feels it is a privilege to closely observe what others fail to see in the course of their hurried lives.
Sea Foam by Virginia Kamhi