Travels
along the Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean shores have greatly
influenced Linda Werthwein's work, imparting a tropical feel to
her subject matter. From East Carolina University she received
an MFA in painting and MAEd in Art Eduction. Commission work has
been rendered for private, corporate, liturgical, university and
physician spaces. It can be found in collections internationally
from Dublin to Singapore, Oahu to the Channel Islands, Belize
to St. Maarten, and nationally from San Diego to Minneapolis and
Key West to New York.
Her
work is featured in exhibitions and galleries concentrating in
Coastal North Carolina and in the Caribbean including Handscapes
Gallery in Beaufort, NC, The Little Art Gallery in Raleigh, NC,
Le Cafe Des Arts in Nevis and Devonish Art Gallery in Anguilla,
British West Indies. Recent exhibitions include the Anguilla International
Art Festival, Eva Wilkins Gallery in Nevis, Nanette Bearden Fine
Arts Gallery in St.Maarten, The Equestrian Exhibition at the Barrington
Illinois Arts Council and Janisch Studio in San Diego. Emphasizing
personal expression her teaching experience has ranged from preschool
to the university level, learning disabilities, maximum security
inmates as well as professional artists.
