East Gallery
Linda Tuma Robertson A Little Bit Country
February 13 thru April 7, 2006
Edmond
artist Linda Tuma Robertson has captured the beauty of the world outside
our windows and delicately placed it upon her canvas. She employs impressionistic
techniques to capture the transient effects of shifting light while
incorporating realistic detailing to truthfully portray the essence
of the landscape. Robertson derives inspiration from the erratic environment
around her.
“It can be a clear day and a few clouds will move in and the
entire character of the scene will change from a mundane look into
a romantic and intriguing vision. I am always excited to see what the
day has given me to paint,” said Robertson.
Robertson became an accomplished artist at a very young age, winning
her first blue ribbon for her work in kindergarten. At age nine, the
young artist studied with the prominent Oklahoma oil painter John Shelby
Metcalf. Her parents nourished her artistic creativity and opened her
eyes to the marvelous exquisiteness around her through trips to Wyoming
and across Oklahoma.
By the age of twenty, Robertson’s work had been displayed at
the Kerr Museum, the Oklahoma Museum of Art, the Oklahoma Art Center
and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Several institutions have
commissioned her work for private and public collections including
Cornell University in New York, the Kerr Foundation, and Gaillardia
Country Club. She has participated in exhibits throughout the United
States and has won numerous best of show awards. In 1983, internationally
known Oklahoman artist Wilson Hurley selected one of her paintings
to be displayed in the Art Annual IV, a true testament to her astonishing
talent.
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Arts Council. For more information contact Scott Cowan or Karen Sharp at 405.521.2931 or scott@arts.ok.gov.