Vija Celmins is a Latvian-born American artist known for meticulous drawings and paintings of natural surfaces such as night skies, waves, and desert floors. Using graphite and oil paint, she creates works of extraordinary precision that slow perception and remove scale or narrative. Celmins also works in sculpture, casting objects with similar contemplative restraint.
Her practice centers on attention, patience, and the quiet depths of observation.
Vija Celmins is an American artist known for hyper-detailed drawings of oceans, night skies, and natural textures.
Vija Celmins is an American artist known for meticulous graphite and oil works depicting oceans, star fields, and desert surfaces with meditative precision.
