Pasatiempo 2005
Pasatiempo • 2005 • page 50
Virginia Maria Romero was featured in Pasatiempo (2005, p. 50), the weekly arts and culture magazine of the The Santa Fe New Mexican, in connection with the Spanish Market. The feature highlights her emergence within the New Mexico art scene, recognizing her distinctive approach to traditional Spanish Colonial folk art.
Her work was noted for its mastery of santero techniques—particularly the use of natural pigments on wood—while expanding the tradition through a contemporary lens. The feature also reflects a prolific period in her career, during which her work was gaining institutional recognition and her broader creative practice continued to evolve.
