LINDA LEE FOSTER
L. L. Foster Studio
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BIOGRAPHY
Linda Lee Foster, mixed media artist. Her work reflects the influence of the many moods of her home, the Pacific Northwest. Born in Portland, Oregon, she moved to Seattle as a child. Linda Lee has been a professional ski instructor, avid sailor, gardener, and collector of family history. The snow and water scenes in her work reflect the influence of her love for skiing, sailing and travel. Her lifelong love of nature, family history and art has led her to combine them all. She has received awards in several international and national art exhibitions, and has been the featured artist at numerous one-woman shows, art galleries, museums and web sites throughout the United States. Her paintings are included in private, corporate and public collections, and in the recently published book, Images of America, Snoqualmie Pass, WA.
EDUCATION
Washington State University, Fine Arts undergraduate studies
Foothills College, California, Fine Art
Bellevue Community College, WA, Art
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, Printing & Lithography
Classes & Workshops – Andrew Hofmeister, WSU, 1964-65; Chuck Webster, 1983-1992; J. Krogh Colwell, 1984; Deanne Lemley, 1985-1986 & 1990; Priscilla Maynard 1985 & 1990; Jean Marie Price 1986-87; Miriam Langsdon, 1988-89; Christopher Schink, Deanne Lemley & Jerry Stitt, 1988; Jane Burnham, 1989; Lucy Lui, 1989; Betty C. Ling, 1989; Jackie Brooks, 1990-1992; Michelle Cooper, 1990; Barbara Nechis, 1991 & 1999; Robert Hoggard, 1991, Joseph Bohler, 1991; Ernie Young, 1992; Pat San Soucie, 1998 and Intensive Studies Seminar with Skip Lawrence, Fran Larsen, Katherine Chang Liu, Alex Power, Christopher Schink in 2002.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Drawing, Watercolor and Mixed Medium Instructor 1997 – 2004
Northwest Center – Bellevue, WA; Bellevue Parks Department – Bellevue, WA; Kirkland Arts Center – Kirkland, WA; Flamingo Frame and Art Gallery – Renton, WA;
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Watercolor and Mixed Medium workshops locally & internationally
ART RESIDENCY
Millennium Images Ireland & America – Centrum Foundation & Women Painters of Washington – Port Townsend, WA – 2000
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ACCREDITATIONS
Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS), signature, 1988 – present
Women Painters of Washington (WPW), signature, 1992 – present
Women Artists of the West (WAOW), signature, 1994 – dropped in 2006
“Who’s Who of American Women” 1996 – present
“Who’s Who in the West” 27th Edition 2000-2001
JURIED AWARDS - Selected
Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Member’ Show, Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, 1998 (Judge’s Mention)
Eastside Journal Newspaper, Journal’s 1997 Photo Contest, “Tongue in Cheek” Category, 1997 (First Place)
Greater Marysville Artists Guild, Juried Art Show, Seafirst Bank, Marysville, WA 1996 (Third Place)
11th Annual Harwell Art Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO, 1996 (Award of Merit)
Women Painters of WA, Annual Members Show, Moss Bay Gallery, Kirkland, WA 1996 (Best of Show)
9th Annual Donald L. Johnson, Memorial Art Competition, Seattle Telco Federal Credit Union, Seattle, WA 1996 (Grand Award)
Puget Sound Area Exhibition, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1994 (Honorable Mention)
Ilwaco Heritage Museum, Water-Music Festival, Women Painters of Washington, 1993 (Merit Award)
Parkland Gallery, Annual National Juried Miniature Art Show, Kirkland, WA, 1993 (Merit Award)
Sky Valley Artist’s Guild Juried Art Show, Monroe, WA, 1993 (3rd Place)
Women Painters of Washington, Members Exhibition, Issaquah, WA 1993 (Honorable Mention)
34th Children’s Hospital Guild Association, Christmas Card Competition, Seattle, WA, 1992
5th Annual Donald L. Johnson Art Competition, Seattle, WA, 1991 (Honorable Mention)
Northwest Watercolor Society, Associate Members Show, Bellevue, WA, 1990 (Honorable Mention)
Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Members Show, Bellevue, WA, 1990 (Honorable Mention)
Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, Non-Professional Division, Bellevue, WA, 1990 (Award)
Bellevue School District Staff Art Fair, Bellevue, WA, (Award)
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
WPW (Women Painters of Washington) Spring Members Show, New Dimension Gallery, Bellevue, WA, 2009
NWWS (Northwest Watercolor Society) Signature Exhibition, Edmonds Community College, WA, 2007
NWWS Signature Exhibition, WA, 2006 & 2005 & 2004
WPW Fall Juried Exhibition, Olympic College Art Gallery, Bremerton, WA, 2002
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA, Invitational, April, 2001
East Shore Gallery Show, Bellevue, WA, April 2001
WPW Exhibition, Mercer Island Gallery, Mercerview Community Center, WA, 2001
WPW, The Rites of Autumn, Juried, Roby-King Gallery, Port Ludlow, WA, 2001
WPW Exhibition Juried, Community Center at Mercerview, Mercer Island, WA, 2001
WPW EPIC Passages, Nordic Heritage Museum, Juried, Seattle, WA, 2001
WPW Eclectic Visions, Membership Show, Sydney Art Museum, Port Orchard, WA, 2001
Fall Show, Cuttysark of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA, 2001
Landscape & Seascape Show, Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah, WA, 2001
Summerfest, Kirkland 2001, Artist in Action, Kirkland, WA, 2001
WAOW, 2000 Membership Show, The Lillian Berkley Collection, Escondido, CA, 2000
WPW, Millennium Images-Ireland and America, September 2000, Bishop Victorian Hotel, Olympic Room, Port Townsend, WA, 2000
WPW, “Beyond Beginnings”, Edmonds Community College Art Gallery, Lynnwood, WA, 2000
Kirkland Arts Center, SPF 30 degrees, Kirkland, WA, 2000
Women Artists of the West, Annual Membership Juried Show, Rancho Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA 1999
Women Painters of Washington (WPW) Juried Kuwait Exhibition Tour, Millennium Images, Kuwait and America, Ahmed Al-Adway Gallery in the Dhahait Abdull Ah Al-Salem Section of Kuwait City, 1999
WPW Landscape Juried Exhibition, Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA, 1999
Eastside Association of Fine Arts 23rd Juried Annual Open Exhibition, Issaquah Art Gallery, Issaquah, WA 1999
WPW Invitational Juried Show, Millennium Images – Ireland & American, Washington D.C., 1999
WPW 1999 Millennium Images-Ireland-America International Juried Exhibition Tour, Galway, Omagh and Belfast, Ireland, 1999
Flamingo Frame & Art Gallery, Spring Show, Renton, WA, 1999
Women Painter of Washington, Juried Holiday Show, Everett Center for the Arts, Everett, WA, 1998-99
Northwest Watercolor Society, Invitational Signature Group Show, Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett Center for the Arts, Everett, WA, 1995 & Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, 1996, 1997 & 1998
Women Artists of the West (WAOW), Rendezvous Show and Sale, Pa-Jo’s Gallery, Pinedale, WY, 1998
Aqueous Open 1998, Pittsburg Watercolor Society 52nd Annual Exhibition, LaFond Galleries, Pittsburg, PA, 1998
1998 Open Painting Exhibition, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, 1998
WAOW, Small Works, Art Show and Sale, San Juan Capistrano, CA, 1997 & 1998
WPW, Color, Flavor and Fragrance, Kado Tea Garden, Seattle Art Museum, Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA, 1997 & 1998
Maryhill Museum of Art, Northwest Watercolor Society Invitational Exhibition, Goldendale, WA, 1997
WPW, “Intimate Views of Women”, Janet Laurel, A Woman’s Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1997
WOAW, 4th International Juried Competition, Biloxi, MS, 1997
WAOW, Annual Show, Taos, NM, 1995, 1996 & 1997
WPW, Members Show, Moss Bay Gallery, Kirkland, WA, 1996 & 1997
WPW, Federal Way City Hall, Federal Way, WA, 1997
Artsplash, Juried Exhibit, Redmond, WA, 1992, 1993, 1994, & 1995
9th Annual Donald L. Johnson, Memorial Art Competition, Seattle Telco Federal Credit Union, Seattle, WA, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, & 1997
Puget Sound Area Exhibition, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1994
Edmonds Arts Festival Museum, Invitational Museum Exhibition, Edmonds, WA, 1989, 1991,1994,1995 & 2000
Ilwaco Heritage Museum, Water-Music Festival, WPW, Ilwaco, WA, 1993, 1994, & 1995
Artsplash 1994, Juried Exhibit, Redmond, WA, 1994
Artsplash 1993, Juried Exhibit, Redmond, WA, 1993
Klamath Juried Open, Klamath Art Gallery, Klamath Falls, OR, 1993
Northeast Watercolor Society, 17th Annual National Exhibit, Trotting House Museum, Goshen, NY, 1993
Eastside Association of Fine Arts 17th Annual Juried Art Show, Kirkland, WA, 1993
Eastern Washington Watercolor Society, Juried Competition, Richland, WA, 1993 & 1994
Evergreen Arts Guild, National Open Exhibition, Vancouver, WA, 1993
Arizona Aqueous VII, Tubac, AZ, 1993
Florida 19th Annual Watercolor Show, Visual Arts Center of NW Florida, Panama City, FL, 1993
Georgia Watercolor Society Annual Member’s Exhibition, 92, Stone Mountain, GA, 1992
WAOW, 3rd International Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV, 1992
Renton Annual Art Show, Main Juried Show, Renton, WA, 1992
Renton Annual Art Show, Little Gallery, Renton, WA, 1993
Klamath Juried Open, Gallery 803, Klamath, OR, 1992
Artsplash 1992, 6th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Redmond Downtown Assoc., Redmond, WA, 1992
Pacific Northwest Arts & Craft Fair, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, 1990 & 1991
WAOW 2nd International Exhibition of Western Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Edmonds Art Festival Juried Show, Edmonds, WA, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 & 2000
Mercer Island Visual Art League, Annual Summer Arts Festival and Juried Art Show, Mercer Island, WA, 1991 & 1992
Pittsburgh Watercolor Society 45th Annual Exhibition, Aqueous Open 1991, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991
Washington Trust Bank & Corbin Art Center, Juried Exhibition of Fine Arts, Spokane, WA, 1991
The Puyallup Fair 1991 Art Show, Puyallup, WA, 1991
Pacific Gallery Artists, 43rd Annual Open Exhibit, Tacoma, WA, 1991
The Sky Valley Artist Guild, 2nd Annual Juried Art Show, Monroe, WA, 1991
NWWS, Associate Members Show, Bellevue, WA, 1989, 1990 & 1991
Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Members Show, Bellevue, WA, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 & 1992
Bothell Art Fair, 1990
Anacortes Arts & Crafts Festival, Bothell, WA, 1990
Salmon Days Festival, Issaquah, WA, 1988 & 1990
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