Best of Missouri Hands

A First Love

Posted at August 18, 2006 07:08

Linda J. Green/Metzler paints the beauty and wonder of the Missouri countryside and its colorful, distinctive towns with her watercolor skills.

She loved painting as a child, and her parents gave her the encouragement she needed. “They placed a high value on artistic pursuit,” Linda says, and they hung prints of great artwork throughout their home.

Before college, Linda took drawing and painting classes at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, her hometown. “That early exposure to great painting made an indelible impression on me,” she says.

Linda earned her Bachelors of Fine Art in Painting in Claremont, California, and studied at the Art Students League of New York. She also traveled and painted oils and watercolors in England, where the scenic landscapes inspired her. She eventually settled in St. Louis in the early 1970s and developed Green, Inc. Design Communications, which provided graphics and marketing services to companies in the St. Louis area.

After thirty years, Linda returned to her first love: painting. She also makes fine art notecards and decoupage tops for small boxes.

See this Best of Missouri Hands member’s watercolors and Giclee fine art reproductions at www.highplainsart-design.com.

By Kristy G. Flick

April 2006

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