Vivian J Reynolds
“Follow Your Heart”
Born and raised in the countryside near Charleston, WV, Vivian has been drawing and painting since childhood.
Her path included WV’s Alderson-Broaddus College, where she graduated in Nursing. She took as much college Art as possible with Herbert Waters, renowned painter and wood-engraver. Dr. Waters became a lifelong friend, a continual source of inspiration and encouragement.
After working for a few years as an RN, Vivian felt compelled to follow her heart, and began creating art, producing bold silk-screen posters and prints.
It was then that she met artist/photographer Richard Pranulis.
Inspired by the beauty of West Virginia, they created their business Wolf Creek Printery, designing and printing the popular Wolf Creek Calendar every year for 46 years - from 1972 to 2018.
For 20 of those years, the calendar was silkscreen printed and designed by Richard and Vivian. For the next 26 years, the calendar prints were based on Vivian’s oil paintings.
The Wolf Creek Calendar is still thriving under artist/owners Rhea and Jason Knight.
Vivian continues to contribute paintings to the calendar every year. The calendar has been acknowledged as a unique document, recording through luminous prints and paintings the last 50 years of life in West Virginia-showcasing the Appalachian Mountains and Greenbrier River Valley.
Vivian has a website:(vivianreynoldsartist.com presents a continual artistic exploration - of our vast and varied experience of Planet Earth and the Cosmos.
