Virginia Hill, a Danvers artist.

Hill’s award-winning watercolors are inspired by and celebrate the natural beauty of Boston’s North Shore and Cape Ann — from lighthouses and beautiful white sandy beaches to lobster buoys, granite quarries, and flourishing flowers and gardens.

She is a past president of the Danvers Art Association and currently is a watercolor instructor at the Danvers Senior Center. She founded the Virginia Hill Gallery in Rockport in 2000, and is a member of many local and regional art associations.