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Artist Statement:
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Where does a painting begin
and where does it end?
Sometimes it ends abruptly
because of an unexpected edge,
maybe an edge with a surge of
color that just may interpret
my mood at the very moment it
evolved. Painted collage,
“papier’ colle’, is a freeing
of the soul, a ride through
reality on broken edges.
Sometimes these edges take on
a life of their own. Riding
through abstract color fields,
stopping only to pick up a
lost fragment of emotion.
Emotion of color. In my
painting color takes on
emotion. As my hands move
across the surface I can feel
the energy as each turn of
color grabs a space to
eternalize a hidden emotion in
paint.
The Square of Life is a
painting that was created
through emotion of color,
every nuance of space is
filled with sensual color.
Edges become caretakers of
color. Color becomes
boundaries for edges. To
create this way is a freeing
of the spirit. My heart
travels on many levels with
color and edges becoming the
vehicle to carry the realities
into the abstract, the abyss.
Squares can take on a life of
their own. So often when I
paint, ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Westmoreland Art Nationals
Westmoreland County Community
College
Youngwood, PA
June-July 2006
Along the Way
One-person exhibit of
sculpture and paintings
Arts Center @ Old Forge
Adirondacks, NY
April 3 -May 16, 2003
Reception: May 16, 6-8PM
http://www.lindabigness.com/Alo
ngtheWay.html
Abstract Paintings
Hudson Opera House Gallery
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Artist Galleries:
Nan Miller Gallery
500 Winton Place
Rochester, New York
Gallery Manager: Gail Leese
585-292-1430
Memorial Art Gallery
500 University Ave.
Rochester, New York
Gallery Store Director:
Colleen Griffin-Underhill,
Manager., Gallery Store
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Collections:
Merril Lynch, Rochester, New
York
Bausch and Lomb, Rochester,
New York
Haylor, Freyer and Coon,
Syracuse, New York
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC,
Syracuse, New York...
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Commissions:
Temple B'rith Kodesh, Mural
commission completed 2003, oil
on canvas
Rochester, New York...
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Reviews for Linda Bigness:
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Observer-Dispatch, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, Art Exhibit features colorful interpretations of Mozart’s
musical masterpieces. Jonas Kover, critic.
Syracuse New Times: “Get Your (Glue) Gun”, Carl Mellor, Arts Critic, June 21, 2000
Syracuse New Times:: “Let It All Hang Out” Carl Mellor, Arts Critic, March 31, 1999
Stars Magazine, Syracuse Herald American, “Linda Bigness’ oils, mixed-media works are haunting,
powerful. Sherry Chayat, Art Critic, Author, Nov. 17, 1996
Syracuse New Times, “ ART Fantasy Land, Linda Bigness takes her landscapes through the looking
glass.” Alis Wintle Sefick, Writer, Critic.
Utica Observer, “Main Attraction,” Jonas Kover, Art Critic 1/96
Utica/Albany Observer Dispatch, “Galleries Take On A Feminine Introspection,” 3/27/94
Syracuse New Times, “Twin Bill-Revitzky and Bigness...,” 5/26/93
Syracuse New Times, “Painting on Several Levels,” 12/25/91
Eagle Bulletin, Fayetteville, N.Y., “Passing In Review,” Sallie Bailey, Writer
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