Virginia Maria Romero

Without specific intent my work begins… a subconscious evolution to render form. The effort at once seamless and fluid, a commingling of pigment, touch, and spirit, moves towards shape and purpose. The now recognizable images translate as symbols of new life steeped in mystery from which they were born. In their eyes is a voice that speaks of secrets. If you look and listen closely you will hear them too.

Virginia Maria Romero is an acclaimed artist whose works are held in public, museum, and private collections across the United States and internationally. In 2013 Romero was honored as a distinguished Artist and Poet by the American Council for Polish Culture. “It is not often that you meet an artist and see her work and understand so completely its spirit and beauty. Many artists use nature as the underpinning of their work. Few can channel nature into the masses with such vibrancy and creative firepower. What many cannot understand is the courage that it takes to allow your expression, the exposure of one’s self to be on such open and honest display as Virginia does with her work. The earth is crying out for our help, we have lost close to half the species world-wide in the past forty years and it will take champions, not just from the conservation world, but from artists whose work can open eyes and make statements by their power to make people think and be awed by the genius of their creative force. In Virginia Maria Romero we have found such an artist.” “Romero’s art speaks a language unlike any other…it is a language of the heart, of the soul, of life… Romero has taken an ancient art form and redefined it, reinvented it, and made it her own.” Professional work and papers of artist Virginia Maria Romero, ca. 1980-2025 New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections, as part of the Rio Grande Historical Collections Repository.

2-D, Book Arts, Digital Art, Multi-Media, Painting (all materials), Photography, Writing