ARTIST AND ACTRESS
VIRGINIA DEAVER
Photograph by Gregory Sylvester, 2024
Virginia Deaver is a Los Angeles based painter and actress. Born and raised in the hills of eastern Kentucky, Deaver draws heavy inspiration from the vivacious tones and spirits of rural Appalachia. Her work often explores themes on contemporary Americana, sexuality, and hope.
In an homage to early folk art, Deaver veers from hyperrealism techniques in favor of a new surrealist style which captures deliberate naïveté; through her paintings, Deaver works to unveil an intercourse between long standing paradigms of classic literature and the unknowns of innocence.
EDUCATION St. John’s College // Bachelor of Liberal Arts
Double Major: History of Mathematics and Science + Philosophy (Metaphysics, Ethics, Political Theory)
Double Minor: Classical Studies + Comparative Literature
September 2017-May 2021 Annapolis, MD
Featured Works
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
Oil on canvas, 65’’x 70’’, 2024, Virginia Deaver
KISSY TABLE — FIRST DINNER
Oil on Canvas, 52’’ x 100’’, 2024, by Virginia Deaver
SHE WAS MADE OF RIBBON, ALL ALONG
Oil on Canvas, 50’’ x 72’’, 2025 by Virginia Deaver
GODOT ’S LANDING
Oil on Canvas, 50’’x 72’’, 2024, Virginia Deaver
SIGHTING ON BALLINA CANYON COURT
Oil on Canvas, 70’’x 93’’, 2024, Virginia Deaver
GRAND DAUGHTER, MOTHER
Oil on Canvas, 52’’ x 40’’, 2024, Virginia Deaver
NIGHTWAITER
Oil on Canvas, 18’’ x24’’, 2024 by Virginia Deaver
TELEPHONE GAME
Oil on Canvas, 30’’x40’’, 2024, Virginia Deaver
INVISIBLE COFFEE CUP
Oil on Board, 16’’x24’’, 2024
BARRABAS CAME TO US BY SEA
Oil on Canvas, 50’’x72’’, 2024
R&R
Oil on ceramic tile, 3.5’’x3.5’’, 2024 by Virginia Deaver
THRICE, INCARNATE
Triptych, Oil on ceramic tile + Netted backing, 3’’x 9’’, 2024,
MEET ME IN THE RIVERBED, Commission [SOLD], acrylic on cotton, digital splicing
KENTUCKY TREES, oil glaze/acrylic grisaille on cotton, 57’’x46’’
CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND I WILL LEAVE YOU, Diptych, oil glazing/acrylic grisaille on cotton, 60’’x40’’
SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM , Diptych, oil glazing/acrylic grisaille on cotton
THE FERAL ARTISENNE , oil glaze/acrylic grisaille on textured cotton, 30x40
NIGHT EQUINE , oil glaze/acrylic grisaille on cotton, 36X56, [SOLD]
THE FOOL
2021
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Photograph by Andrew Weitz, 2023