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lindatbran@gmail.com
480.609.8672
Phoenix, Arizona

"Self Portrait with Palette" oil, 24" x 36
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

Finalist Winner, The Artist's Magazine 2010 Annual Art Competition (Landscape Category)
Mentor, Portrait Society of America - Cecelia Beaux Society Artist Mentorship Program, 2009 - 2011
"Jury's Top 50", Salon International 2007, International Museum of Contemporary Masters,
    Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America 2006 International Competition
Exceptional Merit Award, Portrait Society of America 2005 International Competition
Featured in "Master Portrait Artist Showcase," International Artist Magazine Issue #49, June/July 2006
Featured Artist, "In the Frame: Pushing the Envelope," Portrait Society of America Newsletter,
      Third Quarter 2005
High Honors/Finalist, SoCal/ASOPA 2003 Juried Portrait Competition, Laguna Hills, California
Winner, "Emerging Artist 2002" Competition, East Valley Tribune, Phoenix, Arizona
Finalist Winner, The Artist's Magazine 1999 and 2001 Art Competitions (Portrait Category)
Merrill-Johnson Gallery Award, Northern Colorado Artist Association National Exhibition, 2000

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

"Women Painting Women" Juried Group Show, 2010, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
"Faces" Juried Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona 2009 - 2010
Richeson 75: Figure & Portrait Competition, Kimberly, Wisconsin, 2009
Richeson 75: Still Life & Floral Competition, Kimberly, Wisconsin, 2009
Invited Artist, Annual Holiday Miniature Show, Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008
Solo Show: University Club of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, 2008
Solo Show: Cathedral Center for the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona, 2005
Salon International 2004 and 2006 Juried Exhibitions, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of
      Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas
Featured Artist, Quintessence Gallery, Chandler, Arizona, Fall 2002
Portrait Society of Atlanta Spring and Fall 2002 Juried National Exhibitions
Northern Colorado Artist Association National Art Exhibition and Sale, 2000 and 2001
"The Best and the Brightest", Scottsdale Artists School Show, 1997, 1999, and 2002
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona Artists Guild Show, 2000
The New Orleans Art Association National Juried Art Exhibition, 2000
Baker Arts Center in Liberal, Kansas, National Juried Art Show, 2000
Chandler, Arizona, Center for the Arts, Arizona Artists Guild Show, 1998

TEACHING AND EDUCATION

Teaching:
Oil Portraiture Classes and Workshops, Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, Arizona 2006 - 2011
Oil Portraiture Classes, Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, Arizona 2005 - 2006

Education:
Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, Arizona (classes and workshops, 1996 -2009)
Nassau County Art Museum School of Art, Roslyn, New York (classes, 1990 - 1996)
Roslyn School of Art, Roslyn, New York (classes, 1989)
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York (classes, 1986)
J.D. New York University Law School, 1983 (New York University Law Review, Editorial Staff, 1981 - 1982)
B.A. University of Michigan, 1976 (Speech Department Honors Award, Film Animation, 1976; Virginia Voss Writing Award, 1976)

Brandon currently teaches in the Phoenix area and her current schedule can be found on her blog.


Linda is painting a series of portraits for Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, New York.
She is standing in front of three of them on one of her recent visits to Brooklyn.


Linda is shown teaching a portrait class at the Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
 

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