Linda Hoyt - Artist Statement

Drawing and painting has always felt like a natural way to express myself. I remember as early as age seven my mother having me sit outside with a sketch book, encouraging me to draw a grove of birch trees. Art school at the University of Michigan was a logical progression that led me to jobs in graphic art, teaching art and a commercial and residential interior design practice.

Knowing I would ultimately pursue painting as a full time career, in 2006, I began to study with Cary Jurriaans at the Fall City Fine Art Studio (now the Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio). Study continued for six more years in a part time apprenticeship at the Georgetown Atelier with Tenaya Sims. Rigorous training included drawing and painting using graphite, charcoal, and oil paint, learning to work in a representational manner observing complex relationships of value and light through figures and still-life.

Enjoyment comes from the process of observation, exploring value, color and line and discovering how that interpretation unfolds in the work.  I am at a point now where I want to experiment with my style: looser, bolder colors, different subject matter and composition.  I look forward to the continuing journey.