“In my paintings, I enjoy influencing the viewer’s attention by working with the relationships between contrasting values, hard and soft edges, warm and cool colors, and positive and negative space. I am fascinated by the effects that light has on an object or landscape, and it is fun for me to try to capture that in a painting. My subject matter varies, from still lifes, to portraits, to animals, to landscapes. I am always learning and each painting is a journey of discovery, full of fun and interesting challenges.”

About

An award-winning artist, Linda Wells’ paintings have been exhibited in many regional and national exhibitions. She has been an artist all of her life, receiving a bachelor’s of fine arts from the prestigious San Francisco Art Institute and then working as a graphic designer and freelance illustrator for many years while continuing to paint and enter juried shows.

These days she is concentrating on her fine art, and her subject matter includes landscapes, animals, and still lifes. An accomplished portrait painter, plein aire artist, and illustrator, her equine art has been featured in articles in both Horses in Art and Western Horseman magazines.

In past years, she has created artwork in many different media,  including pencil, pen and ink, etching, lithography, airbrush acrylic, and colored pencils. After many years of painting only in transparent watercolors, Linda now enjoys painting primarily in oils on canvas. Her work hangs in private collections throughout the United States.

Member

• Oil Painters of America

• Women Artists of the West, Inc.

• Plein Aire Painters of Estes Park