Linda Anderson (artist)

Anderson was born September 3, 1941, in Floyd County, Georgia. == Discovery ==

In 1981 Anderson took her work to an art fair in Homer, Georgia. Atlanta collector Carolyn Caswell, impressed with the work, introduced Anderson to Judith Alexander, a gallery owner and folk art expert. ==Exhibitions==

Anderson's first gallery show was in 1982, arranged by Alexander. Anderson has exhibited her work at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the Asheville Art Museum in North Carolina, the Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH among other venues. In 2004 she had a retrospective show at the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. == Style ==

Anderson is known for her memory paintings. Common subjects are vignettes from her childhood growing up in rural Georgia in the 1940s and 1950s, biblical subject matter, animals, and portraits of celebrities. In addition to her paintings, she creates with oil crayons on fine-grain sandpaper representations of the auditory-visual synaesthesia she experiences during severe migraine attacks. Anderson also whittles and makes glass beads. ==Collections==

Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. == Publications ==