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Welcome to my Online Colored Pencil Studio
I have been involved with art from the time I can remember as a child. My focus was on art into my college years. Though life interfered at one point and my primary focus was on my family and children, I soon found that I could not stay away from it and was always, at least, thinking of it if not doing it. Time passed and I was not creating art on a professional level, but creating it for my own pleasure. Eventually, that was not enough, and I began to work on a full time basis at my easel. Then I found Colored Pencil as a medium and began to produce drawings at such a rate that I was able to collect a body of work exceeding 40 drawings in the space of 7 months and was given a "one man" show at the Hilltop Gallery in Nogales, AZ. Since then I have continued to create drawings in Colored Pencil and have been accepted to many shows of renown. I have begun experimenting with different support surfaces and expanding my horizons with new products that are still within the Colored Pencil medium, but add additional depth and dimensions to my drawing.
While some artists settle on one subject matter to create their drawings or paintings, I find that I sense beauty in all things, be it nature, architecture or a composed still life and cannot limit myself to only one of them. I love the flora and fauna of the desert, buildings and people and will continue to explore the beauty in all things.
I am available for commissions. Please contact me for more information.
You may email me by clicking here: vcarroll42g@gmail.com
You may also reach me at: 5251 W. Crestview Drive, Tucson, AZ, 85745 (520)743-9680
All artwork sold on this site is sold unmatted and unframed.
Professional Memberships
Arizona Art Alliance
International Guild of Realism
Colored Pencil Society of America
CPSA Chapter #212 (Arizona State Chapter)
Tucson Colored Pencil Artists' Association
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Tucson Mountains Artist Collective
Hilltop Gallery, Nogales, Arizona
Recent Publications
The Best Of Drawing Special Issue: Strokes of Genius 12 Competition Winners
Ann Kullberg's CP Hidden Treasures 6
Current Shows and Exhibitions: 2019/2020
Cactus Wren Gallery in Tubac..June 20th and June 21st, 2020
I will be a Guest Artist at the Cactus Wren Gallery in Tubac, AZ from 10AM to 4PM on the above 2 days. I will be demonstrating how I work on the heated Icarus Board with Graphix Drafting Film and Colored Pencil. Hope you can drop by and meet me. I love showing how I do my work!!
The West Valley Arts online exhibit, May 20th-June 20
I have 3 of my Colored Pencil drawings in this exhibit. You may view it at www.westvalleyarts.org and select the "enter" button to view the show.
I just participated in the 2020 Top Shelf Invitational of the Sonoran Arts League in Cave Creek, AZ
Of the two pieces entered ("All About The Horse Lubber" and "The Love For Three Oranges"), "The Love For Three Oranges" took 1st Place in the Drawing Category. This work can be seen in the Still Life Gallery on this website
"Prizes of May"exhibit at the Hilltop Gallery in Nogales, Arizona
I will have two pieces in the main gallery at the Hilltop Gallery in Nogales, Arizona from May 5th till May 31st. The two works will be "The Love Of Three Oranges" and "Asian Shadows"(see both in the Still Life Gallery on this website.
Ann Kullberg's book "CP Hidden Treasures"
A Colored Pencil piece of mine was selected to be included in this book of wonderful Colored Pencil drawings. The piece is entitled "Boots And Blanket" and can be seen in the Still Life Gallery on this website.
One of 7 full Demonstrations in Ann Kullberg's newest book, "Draw Landscapes In Colored Pencil"
I was honored when Ann asked me to be part of this wonderful book, especially when I saw on the cover that she named the participants as Master Artist. This is a beautiful book chocked full of great "how to" information on drawing various types of landscapes. Naturally, mine is a southwest scene.
Solar Culture Gallery Show
I will have some works at the Solar Culture Gallery on Toole Ave in downtown Tucson from late May till the end of the exhibit.See further information on dates and times soon here.
Tucson Mountains Artist Collective at Ward 6 Office Building corner of 1st St and Anderson Blvd
I have five outstanding pieces of work in this exhibit. All are western themed. The exhibit is there now until May 3rd.
Past Shows and Exhibitions:
Please click HERE to view a complete listing of my previous shows and awards.
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Award Winning Artist
Virginia Carroll
Southern Arizona Arts Guild Artist of the Year for 2014
Photo Courtesy Ester Roi
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