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About the Artist I've been an artist for as long as I can remember. My internationally collected art has been viewed in juried exhibitions, galleries, local art shows, and several one-woman shows. I have performed at numerous live painting events, in which a work of art is created before a live audience and have been featured in a documentary film called The Art of the Illuminati. From 1998 until 2004 I was a scenic artist doing projects at theme parks including Disney and Universal Studios in Orlando (the best job I ever had!). A photography background is evident in my paintings, which are often based upon my own photographic images. My palette is influenced by the Impressionists and the German Expressionists, particularly the Fauves, or Wild Beasts. I use color to create a mood or evoke a particular feeling. Landscape images are co mposed to draw the viewer into and throughout the painting. Figure, portrait and landscape images are idealized and exaggerated both in the way they are drawn and the colors used, to create a unique beauty. I believe that our society is deprived of the visual stimulation and excitement created by the vibrant hues we loved as children. I have been told by my patrons that being surrounded by my art enhances both their senses and their lives. Artist Biography Virginia Zuelsdorf was raised in rural Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, near the birthplace of Georgia OKeefe, an early influence and role model. She has lived and worked in Madison, Wisconsin, Chicago, Key West, and now works out of her studio in Orlando, Florida. Educated at the University of Wisconsin, Zuelsdorf has a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art, with a concentration in drawing, painting, photography and printmaking