BIOGRAPHY: Linda Lee Foster-Paul

LINDA LEE FOSTER PAUL  
Linda Lee Foster Paul Studio
415 Fieldstone Dr.
Venice, Florida  34292
425-941-8233
lindaleefoster@aol.com
www.lindaleefoster.com

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 (studied with Sergei), 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, Carolyn Merenda in 2017. 

 
WORK EXPERIENCE
 
Drawing, Watercolor and Mixed Medium Instructor  1997 – 2017

• Daniel Smith Art Supplies, Seattle, WA; Northwest Center – Bellevue, WA; Bellevue Parks Department – Bellevue, WA; Kirkland Arts Center – Kirkland, WA; Flamingo Frame and Art Gallery – Renton, WA; Melaque, Mexico; Villages in Alaska; Rockford, Illinois and Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice,  FL.
• Watercolor and Mixed Medium workshops,  locally, nationally & international

 
 WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS
           

• 30th Anniversary for Florida Watercolor Society, “Onions”, Six Artists, Bradenton, FL, June 2013
• “Catch A Wave of Inspiration”,  with this Loose, Free Gel Method Workshop, St. Paul Lutheran Church, with Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, Sarasota, FL, February 2013
• Florida Suncoast Society, “Paint & Petals Event”, Sarasota Garden Club, Sarasota, FL, January 2013
• American Center for Creative Aging, Art Show/Reception, Sarasota, FL, October 24, 2012
• American Center for Creative Aging, Ignite Your Life Event Workshop, “Claiming Vitality Through Art”, October 25, 2012
• Florida Suncoast Society, “Paint & Petals Event”, Sarasota Garden Club, Sarasota, FL, January 2012

SIGNATURE MEMBERSHIPS

• Women Contemporary Artists, 2013, Sarasota, FL.
• Florida SunCoast Watercolor Society, 2012, Sarasota, FL.
• Women Artists of the West , 1995, California
• Women Painters of Washington, 1992, Seattle, WA
• Northwest Watercolor Society, 1988, Seattle, WA

 
MEMBERSHIPS

• American Watercolor Society, (Assoc.)
• National Watercolor Society, (Assoc.)
• Florida Watercolor Society, (Assoc.)
• Venice Art Center
• Ringling Art Museum
• Englewood Art Center, Ringling
• Art Center of Sarasota
• Art Center of Manatee
• North Port Art Center
• Visual Arts Center of Punta Gorda

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