Virginia Isbell

Artist Virginia Isbell combines various media in her art, from painting to print-making. Isbell was born into a Franco-American family in Maryland, USA, and attended school in Paris, but returned to the United States to study literature at Yale University. Isbell worked as a journalist for 10 years before, in her own words, "falling headlong into painting" and studying art under Pierre Skira and later Leonardo Cremonini, René Tazé and Jean-Baptiste Sécheret. Her education and previous profession as a writer are reflected in her art as a poetic expression brought about by the tones, texture, and emotive power of the works. Today, Isbell has two studios: one in France and another in Uruguay.