Linda Mann studied painting at the San Francisco Academy of Art and at Seattle's Academy of Realist Art (Now Gage Academy).
The theme of my still life paintings is that the world is real, orderly and fascinating and that man is capable of understanding and enjoying it. I express this theme by choosing beautiful objects to paint, by creating compositions that are purposeful and intriguing, by carefully rendering the objects and by capturing the subtle and exact quality of light.
My paintings evoke an exciting sense of immediacy, of experiencing a stylized reality – not a reality of routine, but rather a reality of heightened and selective focus, sensuous surfaces, dramatic intersection of light and dark, subtle contrast between warm and cool light and between crisp and soft edges – a reality that rewards your study.
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Linda Mann
Wrinkled Paper, Obsidian and Greek Vase
2018
Oil on linen
71.76 x 47.63 cm | 28 1/4 x 18 3/4 in