I am, in general, an abstract painter. My paintings are all about the process of discovery. I let the painting tell me where to go. Sometimes it's about the motion of making marks that result from large gestures. Other times it's about the surface of the canvas. I scrape, squirt and rub until I get what I want. Frequently in reacting to each mark I make, I wind up in a very different place from where I started. Having been a graphic designer for many years, composition and structure are very important to me as well as surface texture and color. Sometimes subject matter emerges, and I go with that if it interests me. Sometimes the marks, color and form are their own subject matter.
About the Artist
I attended college at Carnegie Mellon University where I earned a BFA in graphic design. My interest in abstraction flows naturally from being a designer. After working in advertising, book design, illustration and publication design, I opened my own design firm, Linda S. Sherman Design, Inc. Our clients included PBS, the Kennedy Center, shopping malls, many labor unions, associations and the U.S. government. I sold my business in 2007 to follow my interest in painting and to have more personal time. In addition to my training at Carnegie Mellon, I have taken a variety of painting classes at local colleges and with private instructors. I am currently studying at the Delaplaine in Frederick with Calvin Edward Ramsburg. I was an active member of TAG/The Artists Gallery for many years. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019: The Associates, TAG/The Artists Gallery, February 2019, Frederick, MD 2018: Prints & Paintings, TAG/The Artists Gallery, June 2018, Frederick, MD 2018: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD 2017: TAG/The Artists Gallery: Suburban Wildlife, Frederick, MD 2015: Gallery 20 East, Waynesboro, PA 2014: TAG/The Artists Gallery: Boobies & Blooms, Frederick, MD 2014: Interiors of Washington, Bethesda, MD 2014: The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center: Impressions of the Galapagos, Side Gallery 2013: The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center: Featured Artist of the Gift Gallery 2013: TAG/The Artists Gallery: Impressions of Peru 2012: TAG/The Artists Gallery: A Painter's Moving Tribute to the Quilt 2011: TAG/The Artists Gallery: Selected works by Linda Sherman 2011: Dumbarton Concert Series SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023: Art League of Germantown Annual Show at Kentlands Mansion, Best in Show 2023: Art League of Germantown Spring Show 2022: Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Show, First place Acrylic/Oil 2022: Baltimore Watercolor Society MidAtlantic Exhibition, American Frame Dr. PH Martin, Sharon Greene Award 2022: Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Show, First place Acrylic/Oil 2022: Rockville Art League, Lost, Found, and Looking Forward, Honorable mention, Drawing 2022: Abstract Explosion, juror and exhibitor, City of Gaithersburg 2021: Potomac Valley Watercolor Juried Spring Show: First place 2021: International Society of Experimental Artists annual juried show: Fourth Place 2021: Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Show, First place mixed media 2020: The Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts 2020: Glenview Mansion: The Rockville Art League Fall Exhibition 2018: Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Show, First place mixed media 2018: Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Show, First place mixed media 2017: Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Show, First place mixed media, 2nd place Water media. 2015: Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Show, Best in Show, 2nd in Water media. 2012-2019: Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Show, 7 juried shows, 4 awards 2014: Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Cultural Exchanges 2011-2012: The Art League at the Torpedo Factory, 13 monthly juried shows ORGANIZATIONS International Society of Experimental Artists The Baltimore Watercolor Society, signature member, Potomac Valley Watercolorists, signature member National Watercolor Society, Associate Member Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association, Webmaster EDUCATION Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum LaudeLINDA SLATTERY SHERMAN website LShermanArt.com LINDA SLATTERY SHERMAN website Redbubble.com
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