History
Linda has lived and worked in England, Scotland, Wales (where her son Jake was born), New York, Boston, Switzerland and Cyprus.
In 1997 she moved to Burnlaw in Northumberland’s North Pennine hills where she built her studio and where her return to painting full-time laid the foundation for her current work. Having gathered significant local interest in her way of working she has taught abstract and figurative painting through Newcastle University – Centre for Lifelong Learning – and Newcastle College.
She now teaches privately at Burnlaw Centre and in Hexham.
Education
Bristol – West of England College of Art 1969 – 71 Foundation year
London College of Printing 1971 – 72 Diploma in photography and film-making
Newcastle Polytechnic 1982 – 1983 Creative Arts degree course, painting major
Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Paphos 1983 – 84 Post-graduate self-lead year in painting
Northumbria University – 2001 – 03 MA Fine Art
Exhibitions
- Burnlaw Centre, Northumberland, 2019
- Dennis Kilgallon Art Gallery, Allen Banks, Northumberland, 2017, with Claudia Sacher
- Burnlaw Centre, Northumberland, 2019
- Leazes House, Ayle, Northumberland, 2016, with Jane Willis
- The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, 2015
- The Tallet, Gloucestershire, 2012
- The Art Space, Hexham, 2011
- Burnlaw Centre, Northumberland, 2009 – 2012
- Balman Gallery, Corbridge, 2009-2010
- Theatre by the Lake, Kendall, 2008
- Modern Artists Gallery, Oxfordshire, 2008-2009
- Red Box, Newcastle, 2007
- Flat Cat Gallery, Lauderdale, 2007
- Queens Hall Art Centre, Hexham, 2006
- Moot Hall, Hexham, 2006
- Dial Gallery, Warkworth, 2006
- Burnlaw Centre, Whitfield, 2005
- Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, 2005
- Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, 2004
- Burnlaw Centre, Whitfield, 2003
- Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, 2003
- Shire Gallery, Alnwick, 2002
- Dial Gallery, Warkworth, 2002
- Caedmon Hall, Gateshead, 2002
- Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, 2002
- Dial Gallery, Warkworth, 2001
- Caedmon Hall, Gateshead, 2001
- Colliers Gallery, Newcastle, 2000
- Dial Gallery, Warkworth, 2000
Commissions
Paintings for new premises
Painting for foyer
Large triptych and other paintings
Leases
Worked leased in many corporate settings including Siemens, Alcazar and Gateshead Civic Centre.