Artist Statement

I paint what I love. The scenes that capture my heart.
I want you to feel what I am feeling about the landscape I am in.
When I first arrive at a place, I wait for a feeling, for an emotion to arise, trying to feel what inspired me to want to paint the scene in front of me.
Light and shadow are often the first impressions that capture me, they can bring so much life into a composition. I try to simplify the shapes and use color and light to express what I'm feeling. I paint the landscape while concentrating on how I am connecting to it.

Biography

Linda “Loo”
I spent many years working in Theatre as a prop maker and scenic artist until I fell in love and married a chef, running restaurants in Ontario and then Mexico. I spent 15 years living in the Caribbean running a restaurant, sketching, and painting. Focusing on watercolour, I now live near Yarmouth in South West Nova Scotia where I find inspiration in the landscapes of Nova Scotia.
I am a mostly a self-taught artist