BIO
Drawing is a wonderful form of expression. Pastels combine drawing with
a pure pigment and painting without a brush. While Linda also enjoys
watercolor, acrylic, graphite and pen and ink, she loves pastels the most.
Linda says making art is just an immersion in joy. Painting en plein air is
even better: to experience the temperature , breezes, sounds, sights, and
emotions of the scene in real time on location makes a painting most
personal. Seeking to portray the emotion of a location is her goal.
While Linda was born in Petoskey, MI , her family moved to Washtenaw
County when she was just five. Saline is now her home with her husband
and daughter. She loves to paint in northern Michigan as well as all across
the state. Michigan is beautiful from north to south. Linda is drawn to cityscapes, landscapes and water and sky.
Linda’s 1970 degree in interior design is from MSU and 2020 marked 50
years in her profession. She was self employed since 1979. Now, it is time to paint full time!
She has studied with nationally known professional pastel artists for nearly two decades to develop her own style and learn many techniques.
Linda Klenczar is a member of the Chelsea Painters, Great Lakes Pastel Society, Ann Arbor Area Pastelists, The Huron River Art Collective (formerly AAWA), the Michigan Water Color Society, the Great Lakes Plein Air Painters Association, Creative Washtenaw, The Artists Guild of Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI and the Gutman Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
Retired professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers.
contact her at 734 645-8839 or email at [email protected]
Website: lindaklenczar.com instagram: lindaklenczarartist
Linda has won many awards from the Huron River Art Collective, The Great Lakes Pastel Society, The Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey and the Great Lakes Plein Air Painters, and was the Grand Prize winner in the Paint Dexter Plein Air Festival 2018