Linda Rinearson

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Painting as if life matters

Linda has always enjoyed the creative arts. She painted in oils at college and then developed a passion for weaving. Specifically she loved color and the way the fibers mixed. She taught weaving for many years while she was working as a software engineer for international telephone systems.

In the last 14 years Linda has rediscovered painting but this time with watercolors. For Linda transparent watercolor is spontaneous and magical with results that are luminous unlike any other medium.  At times a painting can almost paint itself. She is often genuinely surprised by her paintings!

Linda paints primarily from nature with many of her landscapes painted on location, en plein air. She has painted landscapes near her home in Massachusetts as well as in Mexico, Alaska, New Zealand, China, Greece and England.

Lately Linda has been developing her passion for abstract realism; that is, art that is inspired by real life yet doesn’t look like a photograph. Instead her art, which can be both bold and subtle, gives impressions of how a place can make you feel. This can include emotions, thoughts, and memories.

Associations

Newton Art Association – president for 4 years                  Urban Sketchers

Newton Watercolor Society –vice president                        New England Watercolor Society

Teachers

Joel Janowitz – probably the best watercolor teacher in Boston

Lynn Holbein – my first watercolor teacher who taught me all the basics about the medium

Carolyn Latanision – award winning Winchester artist taught me not give up on a painting

Marjorie Gerber Gold – a sculptor who taught me how to design a painting and look

Workshop Studies

Charles Reid – Connecticut                            Joyce Hicks – Texas

Mary Whyte – South Carolina                       Joseph Zbukvic – Australia

Alvaro Castagnet – Uruguay                         Andy Evanson – Minnesota

Nan Rumpf – Massachusetts                         Shari Blaudopf – Canada

Nickolas Simmons – Washington DC          Z.L. Feng – Virginia

Eric Weigardt – Washington