TITLE: THE JAZZ PLAYER AT THE P.O.C.
ARTIST: LINDA SMITH

Linda Smith is a native Californian currently living and working in Livermore. Art has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. My grandfather was a painter — he worked in oils and loved to paint both California seascapes and California missions. His style was realistic and it came as a surprise to us both that I would be attracted to the abstract. I consider myself an "abstract colorist" because for me the passion is manipulating color. I honed my skills at both Eastern Michigan University and then the University of Oregon where I graduated with a B.A. in Humanities. My current love is acrylics, colored pencil and mixing different media. Each medium offers a unique challenge to expressing what I see in Life — color.