Sunday, February 04, 2007

Linda Christensen


Though Linda writes something about trying to convey a feeling of fleeting moments... Blah blah blah... I feel she is a sort of kindered spirit - I too feel that people are looking for reasons why an artist chooses this image over that one. Truth is, when all that you are really interested in is paint and composition, the statement comes across as dry. Which, in Linda's case, is no big deal, because her compositions and handling of paint are first rate. I would love to spend an afternoon picking her brain and watching her paint.

Also in her shadow would be Shannon Craig, daughter of Philip Craig, who has the guts to drag a paintbrush from one side of an almost-finished painting to another, and just leave it there. here is a terrible example of her work. there is better stuffout there, if you look harder than I