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BIOGRAPHY
Virginia was born and bred in Sydney. She attended Fort Street Girls High School and then Sydney University and Sydney Teachers’ College. She spent several years abroad, teaching in high, primary and infant schools. In London, she saw an exhibition of Van Gogh’s work which fired her interest in art. A few years after returning to Australia, she joined the John Ogburn studio and as a result has been exhibiting in group and general exhibitions since the eighties.
In more recent times, she has gained a PhD in Music from the University of New South Wales. She has been working in adult education as a music tutor at W.E.A. Sydney for the past ten years.
Her other interests are the piano, ‘cello and Spanish Dancing.
“Painting is the point at which the world and my perception of it intersect.”
Virginia was born and bred in Sydney. She attended Fort Street Girls High School and then Sydney University and Sydney Teachers’ College. She spent several years abroad, teaching in high, primary and infant schools. In London, she saw an exhibition of Van Gogh’s work which fired her interest in art. A few years after returning to Australia, she joined the John Ogburn studio and as a result has been exhibiting in group and general exhibitions since the eighties.
In more recent times, she has gained a PhD in Music from the University of New South Wales. She has been working in adult education as a music tutor at W.E.A. Sydney for the past ten years.
Her other interests are the piano, ‘cello and Spanish Dancing.
“Painting is the point at which the world and my perception of it intersect.”