Virginia Maria Romero (b. 1952)

She is most known for her retablos, bultos, altars, and  crosses.  Her work is done using carved and/or adzed pine panels, homemade gesso, water-soluble pigment, hand collected ground pigments as available including; ochre, cochineal, black walnut, and sealed with homemade piñon sap varnish, & wax.

Ms. Romero was born is Sheffield Lake, Ohio.  From a young age she was artistically inclined, winning local art contests as (showing 500 of 30192 characters).