Artist Information:
Linda Vallejo
Topanga, CA
United States
Member Since: Aug 2001
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Artist Statement:
My first memory of painting
was at four years of age, and
I have continued painting all
my life. I have had the
privilege of living and
studying in many countries of
the world, therefore my
influences are varied and
many. My chief artistic
influences are the great
Spanish artists Picasso, Goya,
Dali, El Greco and Velasquez,
Turner's immense and glorious
skies, New York Expressionist
automatic and intuitive
painting, Rothko's horizons
and soft edges, the monumental
forms and brilliant coloration
of the Mexican Muralists
Rivera and Siqueros, the
sensual power of Georgia
O'Keefe's landscapes, ancient
and contemporary indigenous
philosophy and symbolism, and
the endearing beauty and
eternalness of nature.
Over the past twenty-five
years, I have investigated
humanity's fundamental
relationship to nature, and
conversely, the destruction of
humanity and the natural world
through technology, war and
pollution. Although I have
worked in printmaking,
sculpture and painting, my
recent installation work
combines paintings with
multi-media, mixed-media
interlocking installations to
create full- immersive
environments.
Between 1980-1990, I created a
series of over one hundred
earth-based sculptures
entitled, Tree People,
dedicated to the concept of a
metamorphic relationship with
nature, that begged the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
The "Los Cielos" 1996-2000
Series seeks to integrate my
understanding and experience
of ceremony, personal love of
nature, and healing through
nature. "Los Cielos" depict
celestial figures floating in
surrealistic skyscapes.
Often, in sharing these
paintings with others, I am
told deeply personal stories
of personal catharsis and
healing. ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Los Angeles Times, Calendar,
Friday, October 13, 2000 by
Leah Ollman states,
“Celebrating Life Forces:
Linda Vallejo’s Paintings are
generated by her deeply felt
connection to exactly those
fundamental life forces –
birth, nature, spirit – that
are spurned as quaint or
old-fashioned by the hippest
tier of the contemporary ...
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Commissions:
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Linda Vallejo's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Linda Vallejo's Portfolio. Browse Vallejo's body of work: My first memory of painting was at four years of age, and I have continued painting all my life. I have had the privilege of living and studying in many countries of the world, therefore my influences are varied and many. My chief artistic influences are the great Spanish artists Picasso, Goya, Dali, El Greco and Velasquez, Turner's immense and glorious skies, New York Expressionist automatic and intuitive painting, Rothko's horizons and soft edges, the monumental forms and brilliant coloration of the Mexican Muralists Rivera and Siqueros, the sensual power of Georgia O'Keefe's landscapes, ancient and ... |
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