BILL MARTIN - Mendocino Art Center

ten or more paintings on a theme
before moving on to something
else. Her paintings are often, however,
unplanned and completely
spontaneous. It is not unusual for
her paintings to change direction
completely – to start as a seascape and wind up as a flower
or, as in one recent occurrence, to start as a study of rocks
and end up as a portrait of an African woman. The figures
“just kind of appear.”
Inner Force – mixed watermedia, 22” X 30”
Linda’s show in the Art
Center’s Gallery 10 in October features
abstract landscapes and seascapes.
A museum tour to the Bay
Area to see the work of the artist
Richard Diebenkorn inspired this
new direction.
Linda’s family has always been very supportive of
her life as an artist, and now Linda passes that encouragement
along to her 11-year-old granddaughter, Chandler,
an aspiring artist who has recently completed a series of
small watercolors. Linda and Chandler enjoy doing the
“museum scene” together.
When Linda is away from her art, she is overtaken by
a nervous “antsyness” because she “just HAS to be doing
art.” And she has learned from painter Bob Burridge
never to give up on a painting, no matter how “ugly” it
might seem at first.
Linda hopes that viewers of her landscapes, seascapes
and skyscapes will feel as though they are actually “in” the
painting – enough to get wet from the waves or feel the
mist from the clouds. Above all, she wants viewers to feel
peace and joy, as they comtemplate her paintings.
Linda’s work can be seen at Edgewater Gallery in Fort
Bragg, Prentice Gallery in Mendocino, Artists Cooperative
of Mendocino, Stevenswood in Little River, and the
Mendocino Art Center.
Sea Serenity – acrylic, 24” X 24”
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