Working in plein air, Versteegen takes inspiration from nature, bringing to her work, according to the Courier, “the kind of emphatic movement and soft focus that nature offers on dim fall days and bright spring mornings.”The award-winning oil paintings of Ginny Versteegen can be found in many private and public collections across the United States and abroad. Versteegen is an exhibiting member of the Oil Painters of America, The American Impressionist Society, and the Charleston Artist Guild.

During her early years as an artist, Ginny Versteegen attended Carnegie Melon pre-college art classes in Pittsburgh, PA. She continued her art studies at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where she received a degree in Art Education, later taking advanced study classes at Queens College in Charlotte, NC, Winthrop University of SC and the University of Oviedo in Spain. Having resided for many years in Holland, Brazil, and Spain, as well as the United State, Ginny absorbed the cultures around her, and her work has taken on an international flair.

Versteegen has taught art at a number of schools across the US sharing her love of art and art history.Now settled in Charleston, Ginny Versteegen largely paints in oil but has recently begun experimenting with mixed media. She finds freedom in the use of cold wax mixed with oil paints. The effect is a more atmospheric look that translates well into her landscapes and seascapes, giving them an ethereal air. Her style displays a sense of place, whether the painting has an intriguing international subject matter or evokes the charm of Low Country life in South Carolina.

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