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Linda J. Edwards — painting

The Arts Center Exhibitions:

• 'Portals,' Winter Show & Silent Auction, 2011
• 'Linda Edwards and Jo Warren,' Corrine Woodman Galleries, Aug/Sep 2010

Artist's Statement, 'Corvallis Downtown #3' - 'Portals,' Winter Show & Silent Auction, 2011:

"Making art is essential to my existence. I draw and paint because my life would be very empty without on-going creative activity. Creating an exciting visual image with strong patterns of lights and darks, interesting shapes, and stunning color relationships makes my day. Presenting a concept that inspires me completes the picture.

I taught art for community colleges in northern California for 24 years before moving to Oregon in 2007 to live in CohoEcovillage, a cohousing community.  I continue to teach watercolor classes through Linn-Benton Albany Community Ed. I find teaching art very fulfilling, because it brings me great joy to help people learn skills that enhance their creative endeavors.

Currently the focus of my art is watercolor and oil painting. I have spent many wonderful hours painting on-location and in my studio in both media. I am happy working with most categories of subject matter. I am especially interested in subject matter that challenges the viewer to see the world in an unexpected way."

Linda J. Edwards, October, 2011
 

Artist's Statement, 'Linda Edwards and Jo Warren,' Corrine Woodman Galleries, Aug/Sep 2010:

"I draw and paint because my life would be very empty without on-going creative activity. And my life would be very empty if I could not share this love of art with others. One of the ways I do this is through teaching. I have taught art for community colleges since 2983. I find teachning art very fulfilling, because it brings me great joy to help people learn skills that enahance their creative endevours.

Recently the focus of my art has been watercolor and oil painting. I have spent many wonderful hours painting on location in both media. I alos enjoy working in my studio from my photographs of a variety of subject matter. I like combining images, to create something unexpected. For about a year I have been involved with painting challenges from a blogsite “Different Strokes from Different Folks”. I have joined many others in painting an interpretation of someone elses’s photographs (those of Karin Jurick). As I respond to these photos, I see myself moving in a new direction in my artwork. The style and subject matter of the paintings in the August 2010 Corine Woodman Gallery at The Arts Center reflect this current creative influence in my life.
The opportunities for joy through art are wide open".

Born in San Francisco, Linda Edwards has been involved with art throughout her life. She has a B.A. in Painting from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.A. in Printmaking from San Francisco State university. She recently moved to Corvallis, Oregon to live in Coho Ecovillage, an intentional cohousing community. Prior to her move she lived in Santa Rosa, California and taught drawing and painting at Santa Rosa junior college and Napa Valley College for 24 years. She is currently teaching drawing and watercolor painting for Linn-Benton Community College. Ms Edwards’ artwork appears in collections both in the United States and in Europe including the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.

Corvallis Art Guild member

Visit Linda J. Edwards's website.