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ARTIST STATEMENT

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My hands…they speak volumes about my love for creativity and spirituality.  When they move along a piano or guitar to create music, and when they are using sign language to interpret and express music. And when they dip into paint, my hands come alive. They become full of expression, as they dance around the canvas. The thread between music and art is indistinct and intertwined. This I know as I enter a new creative life as an abstract painter. 

 

Creating art isn’t just a physical endeavor, it’s a journey of emotion and spirituality. My art reflects my life—a collection of moments, experiences, and feelings.  It captures the good, the bad and everything in between. I have found that creating art has a lot of similarities to creating music.  There’s a composition, a melody, lyrics, harmony and a rhythm that all come into play until it comes together as a cohesive piece.

 

My style is fresh, loose and abstract. I often paint with my hands and I love to work on large canvases, I feel like they are so much a part of me. I like to start by exploring lines and marks, or sometimes by laying a ground color.  It’s all to create a conversation and to have something to illicit a response.  The surprises that emerge from the layers bring me joy.  Art is a constant reminder of life’s beauty beneath the surface.

 

Color has such a tremendous emotional impact.  Some days I sit and just mix and play with color.  How often do we give ourselves permission to play?  When I first began painting it was simply that. Tapping into the joy and freedom to be curious and learn as much as I could without any pressure.

 

I’ll admit, I’m obsessed.  Obsessed with getting this art to say what I feel.  Obsessed with something that sings with color, with marks and lines that lead the eye, with layers that reveal then conceal, and with shapes that drift along the canvas.

 

Above all, I paint for myself and try not to get caught up in the little voices that raise doubt.  And, yet I also paint for those whom I hold in my heart.  Because at its core, art is connection.

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ARTIST BIO

 

Growing up in the SF Bay Area, Linnie’s journey through the world of arts began with music. As a singer/songwriter she played in numerous clubs and venues, and was fortunate to be surrounded by so many wonderful performing artists in the 70s and 80s. She eventually moved to the lush landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. While raising her three sons, she also sold Real Estate for over 25 years.

 

It was later in life, that Linnie discovered a new avenue for self-expression—visual art. Among the styles she encountered, Linnie’s heart was led down the path to abstract expressionism. Studying with master teaching artists, Krista Harris, Nick Wilton, and Jane Burton, she explores the freedom of form and emotional depth in the abstract.

 

With passion and a deep sense of gratitude for her newfound artistic journey, Linnie dedicates herself wholeheartedly to honing her craft in her studio in Olympia, Washington. For Linnie art isn’t just a passion it’s become her way of life and how she sees the world. It’s a journey of selfdiscovery and a celebration of the beauty that surrounds us

 

 

 

Adult Education abstract painting class at SPSCC

Creative Visionary program 2021 and 2022

Jane Burton Abstract Workshop 2023

Current Student of Krista Harris Art Coaching