Adventures in Painting with Artist Linda Blondheim

Landscape Paintings

 

Field Palms II

8x10 inches

gouache on panel

gold frame

500.00

shipping 25.00

 

Talking with an artist friend about painting technique.

 

Field Palms

8x10 inches

gouache on panel

gold or silver frame

500.00

shipping 25.00

 

Art Collecting Advice

When you purchase artwork it is an extension of your personal experiences in life. You express a part of you that is a fundamental quality of a human being. Visual art is an expression of your interests and desires. It represents what is wonderful and positive in your life. It is not just special, but magic when you connect to an artist and their art. The artist can visualize the thoughts, places and desires that you have, providing you with a window to them in your daily life. Your relationship with a favorite artist is a partnership in a sense. The artist provides the technique to create your vision. When you collect art, you are sharing that artist's spirit and joy. That joy transfers to you, the collector.

An art purchase allows the artist’s work to continue and grow with the passing years. You are investing in their career and you will reap the rewards of owning something unique and beautiful for many generations. It often rewards you with a life long friendship with your favorite artist with the fun of spending time in their studio, discovering their process and motivation. You should purchase what touches you, inspires you, helps you connect to something larger than yourself. Collecting art is a personal experience and an expression of who you are as a person.

Here I am plein air painting at the Little Wekiva River in Apopka, Florida. I was invited to the annual Wekiva River Paint Out. We live in the state park for a week, painting all day. It is heavenly.

 

Visiting My Art Studio

Please feel free to visit my studio. It is a pleasant and easy drive out to the country. You will enjoy the scenery on the way. I live only 13 miles from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. My studio is small and cozy. I will welcome you with refreshments and lively conversation. I will not pressure you in any way to purchase my paintings. I love having visitors. It is always a pleasure for me. Please visit on any Monday-Thursday from 9 AM to 7 PM. I will be happy to have you on any other day by appointment.

Painting with students at my Honeymoon Island workshop in Dunedin, Florida.

 

My Pledge To You - Original Paintings Only

I assure you that my landscape paintings are "The Real Thing".  I only do original oil and acrylic paintings on the best possible supports.  I use Utrecht, Old Holland, Daniel Greene, or W&N oil paints. I use Golden or Quiller Acrylics. My canvas comes from French Canvas or Canvas Place.com and my panels are made by Neil Johnson, a master cabinet maker and Raymar Panel Makers. My paintings are varnished with Utrecht Gloss Varnish.

I have absolutely no reproductions of my landscape paintings. That includes no fake paintings printed on canvas, giclee's, offset reproductions or other reproductions of my work that could be misconstrued as original art.

When you purchase a Linda Blondheim painting, you have the only painting.

In this day and age of fake art and massive numbers of reproductions, I believe it is important to own original art. Original paintings will last your life time and those of generations to come.  "Original Affordable Art" is my motto!!

River Estuary

8x10 inches

gouache on panel

gold frame

500.00

shipping 25.00

 

Artist Bio

Award winning painter, Linda Blondheim, 58, lives in Gainesville, Florida and works primarily in oils and gouache.

Linda is a listed artist with www.artprice.com, www.askart.com, The American Artist Bluebook, and Marquis Who's Who in American Art 2006,2007,2008 marquiswhoswho.com . She has a museum history in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia and is gallery represented in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama.

Her work is often described as painterly realism,or representational painting. Sometimes she is referred to as a representational expressionist or American impressionist.

She enjoys plein air painting almost year round because of the mild Florida climate, but enjoys traveling throughout the south to capture the beauty found in each state. Some of Linda's work is done en plein air, but she also enjoys working from plein air studiesand photographs to complete larger works in the studio. Her paintings are found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States.

Linda earned a BFA from the University of Tampa, and has been painting for 30 years. She is a member of Plein Air Florida, Florida Artist Group, Inc., Southern Ladies Art Conference, Southern Artist League, and Fresh Air.

 

Artist Statement

I started painting as a child at about 8 years old. I had a horse club and we met in the spare room at my house. We spent our time drawing horses and painting them with tempera and watercolor.

In high school I graduated to oil paints. I set up a garret studio in my home attic. I fancied myself as one of the French Impressionists and imagined that I lived in Paris, sitting in café’s. I insisted on painting from life, borrowing things from my Mother’s refrigerator to use as still life objects. I often left them past their prime and the odors were horrible, much to my Mother’s dismay.

In art school I studied painting and drawing and was a drawing major. At that time we all fancied ourselves to be Existentialists, though we had no idea what that meant. We wore black everywhere and drank gallons of coffee.

The following painters influenced my early work, including Joe Testa Secca, Hans Hoffman, Francis Bacon, Anders Zorn, John Singer Sargent, Edward Manet, Camille Pissaro, Gilbert Demeza, Jim Dine, Alex katz, Wayne Thiebaud, Hiram Williams, and Vermeer.

These days I’m a bit older and far more practical in my approach to painting. My focus is on the Southern Landscape. I treasure the heritage of the South and strive to record those places dear to me. I have spent the last two years working on a series about Florida Rivers. I enjoy doing landscape paintings more than any other subect.

My painting process includes several different steps. I do hundreds of studies every year for larger works. I paint on location, especially in the fall and spring, using these small painting to record information for larger studio paintings. I study a variety of disciplines in painting, including values, color theory, Notan, and composition. I use several mediums, including watercolor, oils, gouache, casein, and acrylics.

I am excited by the landscape and all of its mysteries. From the North Carolina mountains to the deep swamps of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. I love them all and it is privilege to record them on canvas.

Creating original landscape paintings is my life’s work. Recording the land I love so much from the depth of my soul is my gift. When you own an original painting by an artist who truly understands and loves the subject they paint, you have something precious and rare, that no one else will ever have. Creating a one of a kind painting is very special.

Here I am painting at Steamers Restaurant in Apalachicola, Florida

 

My current projects include writing a new book for beginning and intermediate painters which is a study guide for studying lansdscape painting for a year. I continue to study Notan painting, values and color mixing and develop new color palettes for my own work. The Florida rivers series brings me great joy.  I have a new web site for my commisions and large paintings. www.lindablondheimlandscapeart.com

I hope you will enjoy it.

 

Current Resume

Linda Blondheim
3032 NW 161 Court
Gainesville, Florida 32609
Studio Phone: 386.462.5726
Cell: 904.233.5013
Fax: 386.462.3487
Email: lindablondheim@windstream.net
Website: www.lindablondheim.com

Education:

BFA University of Tampa 1976 with Highest Honors.
Graduate study in Fine Art University of South Florida 1977-78

Awards and Honors:

Florida Trail Association Artist in Residence 2007
Guest Speaker EPCOT Center Annual Art in the Garden Festival 2005, Demonstrator 2006,2007
Outstanding Visual Artist award American Pen Women 2004
Guest Artist Art in the Garden Festival EPCOT Center Orlando, FL 2004,2005,2006,2007
Southeast Regional Editor Plein Air Magazine 2004
Numerous juried exhibition awards from 1985-2006
Listed Artist at Artprice.com 2005, Listed Artist at AskArt.com, Blue Book for American Artists 2006, Listed artist at Marquis Who's Who in American Artists 2007

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

Gallery of Hair Design, Gainesville, FL July- August 2008
Art in the Garden, Gainesville, FL March 30, 2008
The Strand- One person Show, Gainesville, FL November 6, 2007-February 1, 2008
Valdosta Daily Times Lobby - One Person Show, Valdosta, GA November 5- December 5, 2007
"Art House" - One person Show, Ocala, FL October 27, 2007
Florida Trail Association Annual Conference, Artist in Residence, March 2007
Progress Energy Gallery - One Woman Show, New Port Richey, FL September 1-30, 2006
State of Florida Capitol, Tallahassee, FL 2004
Annette Howell Turner Art Center, Valdosta, GA 2004
Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta, GA 2006
Smith Northview Hospital Gallery, Valdosta, GA 2004
Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA 2003
High Springs Gallery, High Springs, FL 2002,2003

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Crescent Beach Paint Out, Florida East Coast October 2008
Heart of Florida Paint Out, Evinston-Orange Lake-McIntosh, FL April 11-18, 2008
EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival "Artists in the Garden" April 4-6, 2008
Wekiva River Invitational Paint Out, Apopka, FL March 3-8, 2008
Women's Work - High Springs Gallery, Scheduled for Fall of 2008
Leesburg Art Center- "Country Roads" November 2007
World Golf Village St Augustine, FL May 2007
Florida Artist Group 57th Annual Exhibition and Symposium,
Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences
     Exhibition May 2007 - September 2007
     Symposium May 2007
EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival United Kingdom Pavilion April 20-22, 2007
The Forgotten Coast Invitational Paint Out May 10-20, 2007
Wekiva River Invitational Paint Out, Apopka, FL March 5-10, 2007
Fort Walton Beach Airport, Fort Walton Beach, FL 2007
"Visions" Melrose Bay Gallery, Melrose, FL February 2007
Comfort Inn "The Art Of Nature", Gainesville, FL 2007
"Big Landscape - Big Wood" Ice House Gallery, McIntosh, FL November 17, 2006
"Southern Colors" Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA September 8-November 18, 2006
Forgotten Coast Paint Out, Port St. Joe, FL May 2007
"Southern Landscapes" Smith Hospital, Valdosta GA October 2006
Florida Artist Group, Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL July 2006
"The Year of Outdoor Alabama" APAA State Capitol, Montgomery, AL June 2006
"Town And Country" Ocala Chamber Gallery, Ocala, FL 2006
"The Two Lindas" Melrose Bay Gallery, Melrose, FL 2006
"Alabama Plein Air Artists" Dowling Museum, Ozark, AL 2006
"The Forgotten Coast" Port St. Joe, FL 2006
"Paint The Town" Alla Prima Fine Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL 2005,2006
"Group Of Eight" Isabel S Comer Museum, Sylacauga, AL 2006
"Revealing The Land" Octagon Art Center, Clearwater, FL 2005
"Governor’s Mansion Exhibit" APAA State Capital, Montgomery, AL 2005
"Natural Curiosity" Florida State Museum, Gainesville, FL 2005
"Alabama’s Symphony Decorators Showcase" Birmingham, AL 2005
"Bridges of Marion County" Ocala Chamber Gallery, Ocala, FL 2005
"Visualize the Word" Melrose Bay Gallery, Melrose, FL 2005
"Southern Landscapes" Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA 2005
"Into The Blue" Group of Eight, Paddiwhack Gallery, Gainesville, FL 2005
"Florida On My Mind" Sun Trust Bank, Gainesville, FL 2004

Selected Commissions:

Poe Springs 8x10 inches 2008- Mrs Vada Horner
Winter West Virginia 20x36 inches 2008- Mrs Paige Chastain
Fall in West Virginia 20x36 inches 2008- Mrs Paige Chastain
Florida Field 20x36 oil on masonite 2008- Dr Kathleen Shaw
Family Portrait 30x36 oil on canvas 2007- Carolyn Hufty
Rabbit Hill Farm 12x16 inches oil on panel 2006- Kiki Courtelis
Rabbit Hill Farm 24x24 inches oil on canvas 2006- Louise Courtelis
Ardemore Farm 12x16 inches oil on panel 2005- Kiki Courtelis
Fox Hunt 24x36 inches oil on canvas 2004- Kathy Noffsinger
Beach Cottage 12x16 inches oil on panel 2004- Kiki Courtelis
Family Portrait 12x16 inches acrylic on panel 2006- Wayne Carter
Flowers in Glass Vase 12x16 inches acrylic on panel- Kiki Courtelis

Selected Collections:

Mrs Vada Horner- Alachua, FL
Mr and Mrs. Freddy Wood- Evinston, FL
Dr and Mrs Chastain- Texas
Dr kathleen Shaw- Miami, FL
Sarah Carey- Gainesville, FL
Paul and Lynn Lefebvre- Gainesville, FL
Mr and Mrs Brian Stoothoff- Ocala, FL
Mrs. Shivani Wright - Alachua, FL
Mr Rich Schleicher- Ocala, FL
Mr Jim Poston - Ocala, FL
Mr and Mrs Scott McLeod- High Springs, FL
Mrs Mary Stuart Mank- Gainesville, FL
Mrs Peggy Blitch- Gainesville, FL
Mrs. Mary Feiber- Gainesville, FL
Mr and Mrs Mark Thigpen- Gainesville,FL
Law Offices of Pat Streeter- Ann Arbor MI
Mrs Louise Courtelis-Micanopy, FL
Mr and Mrs Sonny Werneth - Micanopy, FL
Ms Kiki Courtelis- Micanopy, FL
Mrs kathy Noffsinger- Gainesville,FL
Mr Larry Jacobs- Gainesville, Fl
Esquire Alison W Talbert- Gainesville, FL
Senator and Mrs Rod Smith- Alachua, FL
North Florida Regional Hospital- Gainesville,Fl
Town and Country Farm- Micanopy, FL
Legends Conference Center- Montgomery, AL
South Trust Bank- Jacksonville, FL
Ivey’s Grill-Gainesville, FL
Books, Inc-Gainesville, FL
OB-Gyn Associates of Montgomery, AL
ADD Clinic-Gainesville, FL
Synovous Trust-Montgomery, AL
Hospice House-Gainesville, FL
Bosshardt Realty-Gainesville, FL
Ms Jo Heslin- Port St Joe, Florida
St Joe Company- Port St. Joe, FL
Mr and Mrs. Wayne Carter- Ormond By The Sea, FL
Elisabeth Breese- Indiana
Mrs Carolyn Hufty- Gainesville, FL

Bibliography:

Artist Magazine- June 1, 2008
Gainesville Magazine- "Picturing Florida" Linda Blondheim 4/1/08
Valdosta Daily Times- Outdoors on Canvas by Dean Poling 11/13/07
Orlando Sentinel- "Landscape Art Exhibit Opens in Leesburg"  10/29/07
Ocala Star Banner - Feature article "Home Is Where the Art Is " 10/20/07
Ashville Citizen Times "Blondheim Landscapes Capture Vanishing South" 7/17/07
Emerald Coast News- "Blondheim Invited to Paint Out" 4/25/07
Gainsville Magazine "World Wide Paint Out" February 2007
Gainesville Sun, Scene Magazine “ Diverse Art Trail Stretches from Melrose to UF” March 2006
Gainesville Magazine - “Art in Alachua County” April 2006
Book Lovers Café Cookbook- Cover and Illustrations 2006
Gainesville Scene Magazine- “Thomas Center Unveils Finalists” 7/27/06
Gainesville Sun- “Peaceful Painting at Paynes Prairie” 9/09/06
Sun Coast news-“ Gallery Features Gainesville Artist” 9/01/06
Tampa Tribune-“ Progress Energy Gallery Features Linda Blondheim” 9/01/06
Valdosta Daily Times “Southern Landscapes” 9/28/06
Gainesville Sun “Plein Air Heads” September 2005
Ocala Star Banner “Plein Air Heads” October 2005
Ocala Style Magazine “Ocala Horse Trials” October 2005

Current Employment:

Self employed full time landscape painter and teacher. I teach painting workshops in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

Current Gallery Representation:

The Wood and Swink , Evinston, FL
The Little House Gallery at Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Flint River Gallery Albany, GA
Paddiwhack Gallery Gainesville, FL
Fogle Fine Art Jacksonville, FL
Corporate Art Source Montgomery, AL
High Springs Gallery High Springs, FL
Progress Energy Gallery New Port Richey, FL
Artemis Gallery Apalachicola, FL

Professional Organizations:

Plein Air Florida- Founding Member
Plein Air Georgia- Invitational Member
Alabama Plein Air Painters- Signature Member
Florida Artists Group, Inc.- Signature Member- Current Publicity Chair
Gaineville Fine Art Association

Exhibition Jurist For:

Art League of North Florida at Lake City Community College 2007
Halifax Art Festival  2006
Fine Arts For Ocala Arts Festival 2006
Ocala Art Group Spring Exhibition Appleton Museum 2006
Deland Art Festival 2005, 2006
Azalea Art Festival- 2004
Ponce Inlet Art Festival 2004
Georgia State Fair Art Exhibition 2004
Winter Park Art Autumn Festival 2004
Mandarin Art Festival 2004
Lake Mary Heathrow Art Festival 2003
Melbourne Art Festival 2003
St Simons Island Festival 2003

Dune Cactus

8x10 inches

gouache on panel

500.00

shipping 25.00

 

Studio  386.462.5726    linda@lindablondheim.com  or    lindablondheim12@hotmail.com