From 1970-1973, Linda studied under Don Radovich and received a B.A. in Art at Western State College of Colorado, (now Western Colorado University).

From there, she taught art at Walsenburg High and Roaring Fork High in Colorado. Linda showed oil paintings and watercolors and sold her oil painting “Fool’s Peak” in the Glenwood Springs Colorado Art Guild show in 1976.

After raising three children, volunteering as 4H leader, board member and Producer for Christmas Joy Ballet (The Performers Ballet Company), Linda decided to return to painting. After hand surgery, she started focusing on watercolor painting.

Linda has studied under Carol Carpenter and Charles (Bud) Edmondson and taken various New Mexico Watercolor Society workshops (e.g. Tony Couch, Frank Eber, Keiko Tanabe) Dale Laitinen.

She has done drawings and paintings in various media as donations for fund raisers for ministries and missions. Linda works mostly in watercolor, and occasionally acrylic and oil paintings. She just recently gained interest in doing Miniatures.