About the Artist Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Linda lived for three years in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and then five years in Honolulu, Hawaii, before moving to the Bay Area in Northern California. The artist joined the Lafayette Printmaking Workshop, run by Sherry Smith Bell, in 1997. She is now exploring new techniques to produce solar etchings, dry point etchings, monotypes, monoprints and collage. She is a member of the California Society of Printmakers (CSP).    Education Pomona College, Claremont, CA - September 1974-May 1978 B.A. in Fine Art, (watercolor and collage)   Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA - 1975 Printmaking   University of California, Los Angeles Extension - 1978 Silkscreen   Selected exhibitions “Lamorinda Arts Alliance 1999 Juried Show” (first prize, print category)             John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA; 1999 “Alamo Danville Artists’ Society 22nd Annual Show and Sale”             The Shops at Blackhawk, Danville, CA; 1999 “The Provocative Print”             Miramonte Art Center, Orinda, CA; 2000 “Four Fine Artists” (four-artist show)             Lamorinda Arts Gallery, Lafayette, CA; 2000 “Printmaking: Illustrating Diversity of the Medium”             Danville Fine Arts Gallery, 233 Front Street, Danville, CA; 2001 “Alamo Danville Artists’ Society Annual Show” (2nd place, mixed media)             Lindsay Dirk Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA; 2001 “Six Printmakers”             The Atrium Gallery, 600 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA; 2002 “International Small Engraving Salon”             Florean Museum, Carbunari, Romania; 2002 “Printmaking” – Danville Area Cultural Alliance             Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA; 2003 “Random Works of Art 2004” (Guest Artist)             Pro Arts Gallery, 550 2nd Street, Oakland, CA; 2004 “Asian Fusion – East Meets West” (Five Artists Show)             Lafayette Gallery, Lafayette, CA; 2005 “Printmakers Today: 93rd Annual Membership Exhibition”             SOMARTS Bay Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 2006 “Shizen: Inspired by Nature”             Gallery DeForest, Ashland, OR; 2006   Publications Image Conscious Publications, Fine Art Posters           San Francisco, CA, 2006   Galleries Lafayette Gallery             50 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette, CA Valley Art Gallery             1661 Botelho Drive, Suite 110, Walnut Creek, CA

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