Name: Linda Storm

Where did you grow up? Buffalo, NY

What’s your dream job? I am living it.

What is your favorite Santa Fe hangout? Last Gallery on the Right  info

What is your favorite Santa Fe Gallery or Museum? Site Santa Fe www.sitesantafe.org

What is your favorite part of Santa Fe? I love that I can hike into the mountains just a few minutes from downtown info

What’s the most Santa Fe thing you ever did? Friday Night Canyon Road Gallery Walk info

Plug a web site besides your own? www.kidssongs.biz

Favorite free activity in Santa Fe? Watching the stars, the real ones in the sky

One of many stories

by Linda Storm

My first memorable experience as an artist occurred at age three. I discovered someone’s painting in progress when no one was around. It was on the coffee table at perfect height for me to explore on my own. I remember vividly the smell of the oil paint, the feel of the brush in my hand, the visual delight of spreading the colors onto the canvas.  Every part of me was immersed in the experience. A new intelligence awakened in me, or maybe it was a newly sparked memory.  A long while after I left the scene, I heard someone shout, “Who painted on my painting?!”

It is decades later and I am still unwavering in my fervor for artistic expression.  I begin with color on the canvas and an amorphous vision.  A visual representation of my inspiration unfolds. Each painting is a birth in its own right. I experience profound delight and divine fulfillment when one is complete, and a heartfelt need to share it with the world.

Oil on canvas is my preferred medium.  Sometimes I add a pinch of diamond dust, or an amorphous butterfly wing, maybe even iridescent varnish, or poetry written in gold leaf.  I might also paint symbolic images to be discovered later, or attach a special object to the canvas.

Nature always inspires me with her secrets and sensual delights during my daily meandering in the forest.  I hear the language of the animals, feel their presence, and know that they are also watching me.  Pungent and delicate scents reach my nose as they ride on ever-changing currents of air which caress me as time is marked by the passing light of day into night. I convey my fascination with our land and sky through my hands, my art.  My creations are an inspired presence, my gift, the present.

Although I paint perfect realism, such as in my portraits of animals and people, my landscapes are often articulated with Magical Realism, Surrealism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and even fractals.  My paintings allow the viewer to partake in a personal experience even when inside public venues such as galleries, museums, banks, retreats, corporate offices, hotels, or their own or someone else’s  residence.  My current work is potent, symbolic of our natural world, yet tranquil in its simplicity.  My objective is for the observer to feel an intrinsic harmony in their own relationship to all of life.  Each piece invites the viewer to be “here in the now,” and is a haven for the viewer to feel a childlike wonder of life.

I have learned respect for, and no longer paint on the work of other artists.

My work can be seen at Last Gallery On The Right, 836A  Canyon Rd. Santa Fe,NM, 87505

I am usually at the gallery on Saturdays, and Friday evenings from 5 to 7 painting and sharing my stories.  Come visit.

Available classes with Linda Storm- Paint your own wearable miniature art

Phone: 505 757 6250

Website/Blog Address: www.lindastormart.com

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