Linda Cheek

"Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision; it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so. Whenever possible, I prefer to paint “on the spot” to get the mood of the place. My reaction to the surroundings are a vital importance to the production of a good painting. For me, one of the greatest joys of landscape painting is to spend time out-of-doors. I prefer to paint directly from nature, in order to honor nature with an openness and spontaneity."

Linda's studio is located in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She holds a Degree of Fine Arts from Ringling School of Art, in Sarasota, Florida. She is also an accomplished illustrator with several awards, books, exhibitions to her credit. Her work is on display in the Salmagundi Club in New York, Asheville Art Museum NC, and at the Lockheed Corporation in Atlanta GA and Los Angeles CA. Additional works are in private and corporate collections throughout the USA and South America. She is a member of Society of Illustrators, the Pastel Society, and an artist of the Coast Guard. Her work has been represented in galleries in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.