About the artist…
The discovery of Central Oregon’s amazing quality of light drew this artist to Bend numerous years ago. Although preoccupied with child rearing for many of those years, she now devotes much of her time to painting that stunningly beautiful light so prevalent in the landscape of the Cascades, Ochocos and the high desert plateau .
Love of the outdoors, plus the spontaneity of painting in plein air has influenced her current direction. Linda works in pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic and any other media that captures her imagination, continually searching for the radiance, which inspires her paintings and drawings when on location. In addition, she has found great benefit from artistic ‘cross-training’, not unlike an athlete, by changing-up media, working in-and-out of a studio, regular figure drawing, photography and website design.
Libby, Linda’s Shepherd/Red-heeler, is a frequent companion on these plein-air painting adventures. Libby knows that when the easel and supplies are loaded-up, an exciting activity is underway.
With web design, Linda melds her interest in design with the technical aspects. She prefers to focus on the message which is the function of the site, and in turn, the form then follows. Web sites, she feels, should reflect the character and sensibilities of the person or the organization for whom they are built.
A founding member of Plein-Air Painters of Oregon, Linda is also the webmaster for www.pleinairpaintersoregon.org and plans the groups paint-outs.