Linda Eckstein

Linda Eckstein works from direct observation. With a forthright handling of materials and immediacy of process, she creates images that often hover between representation and abstraction. Whether on location or in the studio, her unique form of visual note-taking results in a fresh and contemporary interpretation of even the most traditional subject matter, be it a landscape, still life or the human figure.

Linda holds a BFA from Cornell and has had a long career as a designer and editor of information graphics. She has been awarded various artist residencies and has been selected for numerous juried shows.

Linda lives and works in New York's Hudson Valley. She hosts weekly life drawing sessions at her studio in Garnerville, New York.

The world is rich with visual data. Painting is how I process what I see. Record, react, sort, edit, distill, and revise. Observational painting, in particular, allows me to explore the intersection of perception and materials, gesture and intent. Working directly from the human figure, I seek to record in these unscripted works, the intimacy and essence—be it light, energy or mood—of an ephemeral moment.

EXHIBITIONS

2022 - Collectors Collecting Collections, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA

2021 - Group Show, Garner Arts Center, Garnerville, NY

2013 - Two-person show, Tjaden Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2007 - One-person show, Berlitz Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

1992 - Four Realist Painters, Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield, MA

Renato Danese, Director of Pace Gallery, Juror

1989 - 13th Annual Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY

Allan Frumkin, Juror

Still-Life Now, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut

Janet Fish, Juror

1988 - The Landscape, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut

Wolf Kahn, Juror

EDUCATION

1977 - BFA in painting, Cornell University, College or Architecture, Art & Planning

1976 - RISD/Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

RESIDENCIES

1989 - Millay Colony For the Arts

1983 - Cummington Community for the Arts

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