V....Vaughan spent many years as a graphic designer/art director/illustrator/cartoonist. Her clients have included Samsung, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the City of Austin, and Harcourt Publishing. V....Vaughan’s work in advertising won Addy Awards and helped start and grow several Austin businesses specializing in fun themes presented mostly on t-shirts and related products. V....Vaughan Arts grew to a full service, automated t-shirt complex based in Round Rock, Texas. RockSports and Round Rock Screen Printing still feature V....Vaughan’s colorful designs in national catalogs and websites. Since 1989 Virginia has been the art instructor at Round Rock Christian Academy, in Round Rock, TX, where her students have won numerous awards. She also teaches summer workshops at the museum of Western Art, Kerrville, and painting workshops across America throughout the year. Today, as a plein air painter she paints on location throughout Texas, and across the USA. She has studied with the best oil painters:  Ray Vinella, Kevin Macpherson, Ann Templeton, Kathryn Stats and Carolyn Anderson. V....Vaughan’s “Painting-a-Day” project, Last Year on the Farm is a collection of 365 paintings. They depict the changing of seasons and a way of life, as her family gave up their 4 generation farm near Austin. The exhibit gained national attention and awards as it was displayed at American museum venues in 2008. Recently Vaughan’s paintings have been winning awards in juried shows across America. Museums and numerous collectors have acquired them. (see info below). Since 2007 Vaughan presents a painting a day on her blog.Artist Statement “My favorite painting location, still, is around the countryside near our old farm in Manor, Texas! Being an artist is being a communicator. I pray my work will speak encouragement to the viewer and that it will be ENJOYED! I love light, color and creating a message. I paint because it’s the best way I know how to observe study and tell the story of God’s creative work, and to think His thoughts after Him. “