Linda has always been an ‘art appreciator’ and part time artist.  Early on, oil painting was her medium.  Over the years she drifted away from painting to pursue other interests.  About six years ago Linda tried her hand at pen and ink.  She had always been drawn [no pun intended] to the detail work often found in the work of many pen and ink artists.  And for her, the simplicity of the medium compared to the oil painting tools and supplies was an added bonus.

For the most part, Linda‘s interest centered on the stippling or pointillism style of pen and ink.  She began hesitantly since her experience with drawing was not the best.  In fact she will readily tell anyone that she can not draw if there is a line involved.  Linda proved herself a natural at stippling.  Her drawings closely resemble photographs and have been mistaken for computer generated art.  Linda says there is a certain quality found in stippling that so resembles reality.

All subjects are drawn using only dots of ink to create the finished image.  None of the images have any drawn lines in them.  Even if something looks like a line, it’s a series of dots.  The viewer’s eye fills in the blanks and connects the dots to give the illusion of a line.  Linda says the work is time consuming, frustrating at times, and worth every ounce of effort necessary to create these works of art.  Without a doubt!