Some may say that Virginia Ivanicki is like the Janeane Garofalo of art, and when I say "some," I mean Virginia, but what people really say when they see her usually large oil paintings is "WOW!", "AMAZING!" and "how'd you do that?".
When I first saw this painting in person, I was particularity drawn to the innocent, beautiful quality that she managed to capture in this lovely, bold girl. I wondered what she might be like, and then realized that I already knew her.
Ginny's subject matter ranges from "Aviation Art", "Automotive Art" to natural scenes and "Friends", although she never executes them quite as one might expect.
...she layers their images. They have depths that go beyond canvas. Something solid comes of the whole process. An image that is sometimes abstract in it’s parts, but allegorical in it’s totality.
When asked what her favourite Sin is, Ginny replied: "I'm thinking of Marlon Brando's answer : 'What have ya got?', I'm sure I'd like them all", but then she settled on 'Lust', or in Latin: 'Luxuria'.
For more stuff on Virginia:
Listen to a live interview on CBC-AM radio with Sheryl MacKay on her Saturday morning show ‘ North by Northwest’ from Sept. 16, 2006:
And you can also see some of her automotive paintings in an upcoming issue of Hemmings 'Classic Car' Magazine 'feature automotive artist' coming in April, 2007
Ginny's Blog and MySpace