About Linda S. Marino

Artist Bio

Linda grew up in New Canaan, CT and at a very young age she began drawing and painting.  By high school, she had experienced both foundational art and business classes and was drawn to both . She enjoyed playing tennis, played on the softball team and was a cheerleader for 8 years. 

During her college years studying business at Western New England University, Linda receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. However, Linda continued to pursue her love for creating art by signed up for as many art electives as she could. Enough to create a portfolio by her senior year to study aboard with Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. The year was 1986, a time, a place and an experience that altered the course of her life forever. From that point on creating art would play a big part of her life.

For the next 10 years Linda continued to weave together both her love for creating art with a business mindset to forge a career in the marketing, advertising and graphic design world.Running her own business, called Image Express. She worked with both local and nationally known clients such as the Screen Actors Guild of New York, CRN International and  Masonic Charity Foundation.

The following decade, Linda turned her focus and creative energy on raising her three beautiful children and teaching them to be creative. Her youngest daughter loved baking and decorating, her son enjoyed building while her oldest daughter’s love of reading naturally blossomed into the gift for creative writing.

As Linda continued to grow in her artistic skills she studied at Hartford Art School, Manchester Community College, West Hartford Art League and  Glastonbury Art  Guild.  Linda held a position in the education department at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT where her love for art history, the study of contemporary artists and teaching art blossomed. 

Currently working in oils and acrylics, Linda seeks to capture her surroundings or subjects with the use of expressive color, bold, confident brushwork with a fresh perspective. Her subjects vary from coastal scenes to farms, floral still lifes to city scapes. The variety keeps her motivated and always seeking to be a keen observer of her environment.

Linda enjoys creating commissioned paintings for her clients. From full scale murals to live painting for weddings, pet portraits to house portraits, creating custom artwork based on her client's vision is her specialty.

Linda has a passion for teaching art and takes great pleasure in encouraging her students of all ages to discover their unique gifts and helping them to develop their artistic skills. She teaches classes and workshops in the Branford area. She has taught at Artsplace in Cheshire, Arts Escape in Southbury, and two retirement communities. Linda also offers plein air classes on location.

Linda is currently the President of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society and Plein Air Coordinator for Madison Art Society.

 Her work has won a number of awards including Best Landscape and Honorable Mention in Wethersfield Academy for the Arts 2017 Biennial Fine Art Juried Competition and Best in Show in 2017 Visual Art Exhibition with the Cheshire Art League.

​She sells and exhibits her work in various shows and art festivals  in Connecticut as well as online.

Painting outdoors allows me to be immersed in my surroundings, breathing in the fresh air, feeling the sun and breeze against my skin and hearing the sounds of the seashore or soft chatter of a conversation. I attempt to paint a small study in a few hours before the light shifts. These studies are then taken back to my studio as references for larger paintings, working to capture the feel of a time or place on canvas.

I strive to create paintings that communicate confidence in execution and exhibit a fresh, intuitive and unique perspective. Seeking to interpret the world in a way that will not only  inspire others but to evoke or suggest images, memories, and emotions.  For me, painting is a way of communicating, connecting with others and a never ending journey of discovering and exploring.

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Exhibitions, Shows and Awards

2020
January 3 - February 26, Madison Town Hall Artists with Betsey Evarts, Madison, CT
March 6- April 17, Yin and Yang Exhibition at Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT 
October 22-Nov 4, 2020 - Capturing New Canaan, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
November 1- December 30, 2020 - Shoreline Arts Trail, Open Studio, Branford, CT
2019
 Nov 16 and 17, Shoreline Art Trail, at the Schoolhouse on the Green in Branford, CT
Oct 24- November 2,  Capture New Canaan, Exhibit and Sale, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
August 1- 30, 2 Person Show at Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
July 26-Aug 18, Madison Art Society Juried Exhibition, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
March 1- May 30 En Plein Air Show, Arts Escape, Southbury, CT
March 8- May 16, Four Acts, Lyme Art Association, Lyme CT
2018
November 28- Dec 9, 2018, Mark Twain Library Annual Art Show, Redding, CT
November 16-18, 2018 Artsplace Market, Cheshire, CT
November 7 - January 4, 2019, Deck the Walls, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
October 17- November 17, 2018, Art Gallery at 300 George Street, New Haven, CT
October 5-8, 2018, Gathering of Artists, Litchfield Firehouse, Litchfield, CT
October 1 - December 20, 2018 - Instructor Show, Arts Escape, Southbury, CT
September 2018- Art in the Cart, Fundraiser for Arts Escape, Southbury, CT
September 8-9, 2018, Glastonbury On the Green Show, Glastonbury, CT
September 2018 - Landscape Painting Show, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
July 2018- Summer Painting Show - Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
June 5- July 5, 2018 - Solo Art Show at Evergreen Woods, Art Gallery, North Branford, CT
March 2018 - Madison Art Society Member Exhibition, Scranton Library, Madison, CT
March 1- March 30, 2018 - Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society - Member Show, Windsor Library, Windsor, CT
March 1--27, 2018 2 Person Art Exhibition with  Maura Galante, Keyes Gallery, Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek, CT

2017
December 2017- Branford Land Trust Art Show, Branford, CT
November 2017, Instructor Show, Arts Escape, Southbury, CT
November 2017 Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society - Juried Show - 2 pieces accepted - "Boats and Brews - Stony Creek Brewery" "In the Garden- Florence Griswold Museum  Old Lyme"
November 17- 18, Artsplace Marketplace, Cheshire, CT
October 2017 - Award: Best Landscape -"On the Corner of Colorful and Creative" Wethersfield Academy for the Arts 2017 Biennial Fine Art Juried Competition - 
October 2017  -Award: Honorable Mention-"Tomatoes on the Vine- Kitchen Prep" Wethersfield Academy for the Arts 2017 Biennial Fine Art Juried Competition
​September 2017, Shoreline Harvest  Art Festival, Branford, CT 
July  2017- Ball and Socket Artist Market, Cheshire, CT
April 2017  Award: Best in Show - "Painters in Paradise" Cheshire Art League Annual Visual Arts Exhibition- 
February 2017 : Award: Honorable Mention " Summer Day in the City"- SOCCA Annual Arts Exhibition - 
January 2017: Award: Second Prize "Beach Bound" - "Favorite Places" Exhibition - Firehouse Gallery, Milford, CT -
2016 
April 2016 Award: Second Prize  " Peacock Cascade"- Cheshire Art League Annual Visual Arts Exhibition - 
September 2016- Shoreline Harvest Art Festival, Branford, CT
2015
Sept 2014 - May 2015 - Owned and ran A Fresh Perspective Art Studio  Gallery in Cheshire, CT
2nd prize "Cabernet and Baguette" -Cheshire Art League 23rd Visual Art Exhibit, Cheshire, CT 
October - Gathering of Artists, Litchfield Firehouse, Litchfield, CT
October - Art in the Garden, Cheshire Art League Art Exhibition and Show, Cheshire, CT

2014
July 2014- Sept 2014 Summer Show Maple and Main Gallery of Fine Art
May 2014- July 2014 Prelude to Summer Show, Maple and Main Gallery of Fine Art, Chester, CT
March -May Spring Show, Maple and Main Gallery, Chester, CT
Jan -March Winter Show Maple and Main Gallery, Chester, Ct
Sept 2014 - May 2015 Owned and ran A Fresh Perspective Art Studio and Gallery in Cheshire, CT

2013
January -Salon Show, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT
May - Golden Thread Gallery, Opening Show and Auction, West Hartford, CT
May - July Prelude to Summer Show 2013 Maple and Main Gallery of Fine Art, Chester. Ct
July-Sept Summer Show 2013 Maple and Main Gallery
Sept- Nov Fall Show 2013 Maple and Main Gallery
Nov-Jan 2014 Holiday Show Maple and Main Gallery, Chester, CT

2012 
May Solo Show- Main Street Cafe, Cheshire, CT
Gallery Artist at Arts Desire, Torrington, CT
Pink Show, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT
2011
CT Watercolor Society Annual Show - West Hartford Art League, West Hartford,,Ct
Members Show, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2009 
Artsplace, Torrington, CT - "12 x 12" Show
Connecticut Watercolor Society Annual Show - John Slye House, New Haven, CT
2007 
Spring Student Show, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2006 
Fall Student Show , Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Sanctuary Painting "Waiting"  based on 
      Luke 1:38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered, "May it be to me as you have said."
      for St. Marks Luteran Church Glastonbury, CT
Sanctuary Painting "A Savior is Born" based on 
      Luke 2:19 " But Mary treasured up all the things and pondered them in her heart" 
      for St. Marks Luteran Church, Glastonbury, CT
2004 
 Sanctuary Painting " The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon Me" Isaiah 61:1 for St. Marks Lutheran Church, Glastonbury, CT
2003
Sanctuary Painting "I am the Vine and You are the Branches" John 15:5  for St. Marks Lutheran Church, Glastonbury, CT
1986
Syracuse Unversity Student Art Show, Florence Italy
1985
Western New England College. Student Art Show, Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA

Member Organizations

Member- Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
Member/President- Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society
Member/Plein Air Coordinator- Madison Art Society
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Past Member- Wethersfield Academy for the Arts
Past Member - Cheshire Art League
Past Member- Connecticut Watercolor Society
Past Member- Milford Art Council
Past Member - West Hartford Art league