| ARTIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Linda Carney was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising Design. She also graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Education in 1972. From there, Linda taught art in secondary schools in Huntsville, Haileybury and Kenora, Ontario. Linda also started exhibiting paintings in Ontario and continued to paint and show her work when she moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta in 1979. Linda has served as the Curator and Gallery Administrator of the Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery. In this position, she wrote and designed Come Walk With Me: A Luke Lindoe Retrospective.
While interested in a wide variety of mediums, materials and styles, Linda mainly works with watercolours and oil paints. Linda also enjoys variety in her subject matter – her paintings and drawings depict landscapes, groundscapes, portraits, or merely something that has caught her eye. Her realistic paintings often tell a story, portray the cycle of change in nature, and highlight the importance of conservation.
Linda’s work has been shown in a variety of exhibitions throughout Alberta, and in Montreal, Toronto, Thunder Bay, New Liskeard, Kenora, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Montana. Linda has won multiple awards for her work, acted as a juror for a variety of art exhibitions and actively participated on committees and in art associations.
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