Collection: Vicki Vinton

Bio

Vicki Vinton is an American painter and sculptor living and working in rural Pennsylvania.

Vinton began her undergraduate work at the University of Denver where she majored in art and philosophy. She continued her studies at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, studying the figure with Bruce Samuelson and color theory with Murray Dessner. In 1985, she was selected as one of the first residents of The Vermont Studio School. 

Her creative journey continued at Longwood Gardens where she studied ornamental horticulture and design. Then, after a seven-year career in landscape design and installation, Vinton began a process of re-inventing herself. She enrolled in The Finishing School to study applied arts with Ina Brosseau Marx before entering a twenty-year career in the Faux Finishing Industry. As a Master Decorative Painter, her work can be found in many remarkable homes and businesses on the East coast, and internationally.

Vinton has now returned to the studio. Her paintings manifest energetic surfaces, a skillful use of color and an earthy curiosity. The unique quality of her work blends a knowledge of art history and the fine arts with a vast array of technical skills learned from the applied arts. The finished piece is always a record of process and discovery arising from measured deliberation, reaction, spontaneity, and chance.

Vinton remains an active gardener and planter of trees.