American realist painter Linda Lawler works in a very detail oriented style, much like the Dutch Masters. Although her primary medium is luminous oils, she is also a skilled watercolorist and pastelist.
As a young woman, Linda embarked on a course of self study, teaching herself to paint while advancing her career with the United States Postal Service and raising a family. She credits the books of Everett Raymond Kinstler with teaching her the foundation of portraiture. She has studied with with Danni Dawson and Rob Liberace at The Art League School in Alexandria, VA. Linda believes an artist's education can never end and so continues her academic self study program as a Registered Copyist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
When not working on commissions, Linda teaches oil painting at her studio in Marshall, VA.
Linda's main focus is portraiture, but her landscapes have been shown in numerous competitions and juried exhibitions including the prestigious National Arts for the Parks competition in Jackson, Wyoming. She has a growing list of solo exhibitions to her credit and her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States. In juried competition, her paintings have garnered many awards.
Linda's portraits show a sensitivity to the sitter's true personality without compromising the likeness. She has an uncanny ability to achieve a luminous painting of elegant design. Even the most humble sitter becomes royalty on her canvas.
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