About the Artist

Virginia Larrea was born in Ecuador  She lived her childhood and adolescence in Ecuador’s coastal city of Guayaquil. At the age of 10 years old her parents encouraged her to take art classes with local artists and teachers and thus, began her love for drawing and painting.

She is a practicing Architect, Interior designer and College Professor.

Virginia moved to Tampa, Florida in 1993, where she currently makes her home. She is currently fulfilling her dream as an Architect and a painter.   Virginia  works in watercolor and gouache for her plein air work, as it is immediate, does not require any preparation and dries fast; and pastels and oils in the studio.

Virginia prefers to work from the many sketches she executes. She also has traveled the world, including US, South America and Europe and she will always thank her parents for encouraging the desire of learning through traveling. While in her travels she always sketches and paints small studies for later use in larger works at her studio.

For Virginia, drawings is the core of a painting and she encourages all of her students to excel in this area. Her latest painting has taken her to explore the 10 coasts of Florida.