About Linda Schweitzer
Linda Schweitzer is an American landscape painter. Her timeless landscape paintings express an intense connection to the natural world. After living most of her life in West Virginia, in 2010, she moved to California. She now lives in a loft condo near San Francisco Bay, with a Norwegian forest cat.
Her first memory, ever, is of lying in her crib watching how a beam of sunlight hitting the pattern on the crib sheet changed the apparent color. So, she was thinking like an artist from the very beginning. A third-generation artist, her life as a painter began very early, with her mother as her first teacher. She studied in art in college, but then worked at other jobs for many years. When she turned back to her first love, painting, she received a full-tuition scholarship from Scottsdale Artists' School. Over the years, she has studied with several prominent artists. Her art has been displayed in major exhibitions, and is featured in many private and public collections.
--Artist Statement--
My paintings are quiet. They don’t come into your space. Instead, they beckon you to come to them—to reflect, contemplate, remember... to walk in their fields, dip your finger in their water, rest in their cool forests, feel their sunlight on your face, to lose yourself in their silence. They are more about what is not revealed than what is shown. They are subtle, timeless, dreamlike... cool mist, sunlight on water, suspended moments, memories half-forgotten.
I begin with reality, as the jumping-off point. I build my paintings slowly, using multiple layers and glazes. They grow; one idea on top of another... each with its own history... each, an expression of gratitude for being here in this amazing and beautiful world.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ
Professional Workshops
Scott Christensen
John Wardley
Albert Handell
Joy Thomas
Selected Exhibitions (1994-2012)
El Cerrito Art Association, El Cerrito, CA 2012
Crockett Paintout, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA 2011
6 Inch Squared, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 2011
Tamarack, The Best of West Virginia, Beckley, WV, 2003-2010
Solo Show, Momentum Center for the Arts, Clarksburg, WV, 2009
Carnegie Painted VIII, 3rd Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA, 2009
Two Person Show, Artworks Around Town Gallery, Wheeling, WV, 2008
Journees de Peinture, Tournon sur Rhone, France, 2008
Oil Painters of America, Eastern, Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL, 2007
West Virginia Juried Exhibit, Parkersburg, WV, 2007
Paint the Parks, Topeka, KS, Traveling Exhibition, 2007
Oil Painters of America, Eastern, Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, VA, 2006
Solo Show, Ohio University Eastern, St. Clairesville, OH, 2001
Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS, 2001
American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 1999
Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, 1998
Solo Show, Monongalia Arts Center, Morgantown, WV, 1998
Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolors, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1996
Realism '96, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV, 1996
Westmoreland Art Nationals, Youngwood, PA, 1994
Affiliations
Associate Member, California Art Club
Associate Member, Oil Painters of America
Signature Member, West Virginia Watercolor Society
Awards and Scholarships
BoldBrush Painting Competition, FAV 15%, Feb 2013
First Place, El Cerrito Art Exhibit, 2012
Award of Excellence, WV Juried Exhibition, 2007
Best of Show, Townhouse Gallery, 1999
Merit Award, WV Watercolor Society, 1999
Merit Award, Baltimore Watercolor Society, 1996
Purchase Award, Realism '96, 1996
Merit Award, Westmoreland Art Nationals, 1994
Tuition Scholarship, Scottsdale Artists School, 1999
Public Collections
West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV
Ohio University Eastern, St. Clairsville, OH
WVU Medical Center, Morgantown, WV
Newman Hall, St. John's Parish, Morgantown, WV
Bethany College, Bethany, WV
First United Methodist Church, Buckhannon, WV
