If an apple a day is good for the body, what will renew an artist’s spirit every day? Artist Virginia Vaughan, known professionally as “V.... Vaughan,” has found an answer that works for her. Each and every day, with rare exceptions, she creates an entirely new work of art. 

The idea of a daily painting came to her several years ago when a farm that had been in her husband’s family for four generation was scheduled to be sold to developers. Says Vaughan, “I had thought that the farm would always be there but I suddenly realized we were going to have to leave. That’s when I decided to take my memories with me, by painting one scene every day, en plein air, during our last year there.”