Virginia Fouché Bolton (1929-2004)
Virginia Fouché Bolton (1929-2004)
Spanish Moss, Lowcountry Swamp, SC
- Watercolor on paper
- 21 x 28 1/2 inches
- Signed lower right
During her teaching career, Bolton began to paint professionally and in 1972, she received an award from the Charleston Scientific and Cultural Educational Fund, which allowed her to travel to Greece to paint for two months. In 1976, she opened her own gallery at 127 Meeting Street in Charleston where she exhibited her colorful scenes of Charleston and its people, alongside her regional landscapes. Her original watercolors and limited edition prints gained acclaim from fellow artists and were very popular among residents and visitors to Charleston who appreciated her depth of skill at capturing the dynamic energy of the city and the surrounding regional landscape, which she adeptly bathed in a glow of diffused translucent light.
