Stover Mill Gallery, Erwinna, PA - 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015 Award: Award in Honor of Volunteer Stana Lennox, 2016 Award: Artist Exhibiting for the First Time at Phillips Mill Award, 2013 Salmagundi Figuratively Speaking Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY- 2021
My early days in fashion illustration classes sparked that energy and led to a lifetime of sketchbook drawing, where I can draw with abandon whatever is in front of me - people and places and things, all captured in a moment in time.Īmerican Artists Professional League Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY - 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. In 2009 I opened my first independent studio in Downtown KCK, moved it to the West Bottoms a year later, and finally in 2019 moved to my current.
Illustration taps into a different creative energy and process that is more free and childlike than what I experience when drawing the figure. This is where I developed my skills and voice as an artist while also taking workshops and classes at The Art Student’s League of NY and Studio Incamminati, with artists including Steven Assael, Max Ginsburg, Robert Liberace, and Daniel Sprick.
This balance of freedom and constraint translates into a harmonious interaction of expressive play and disciplined focus that captivates me as I re-create the human being in front of me into a two-dimensional form on my paper. Along with this fluidity is an underlying rhythm of anatomical uniformity. I see the body as a rich topography that presents infinite variation of form and movement depending on the model, the pose, the perspective, and the light. And my longtime dream to illustrate a book is now coming to fruition, as I am currently writing and illustrating a story about one of our many beloved pets.ĭrawing the human figure from life inspires me more than any other artistic endeavor. Along with figure drawing, I enjoy sketching and creating illustrations for greeting cards, which can be found at my shop at /shop/LindaRohneStudio. Most recently I have had the good fortune to study with Robert Liberace of the Art League of Virginia Juliette Aristides of Aristides Arts Ja Fang Lu of Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia and two years of study in a rigorous atelier setting under the tutelage of John Murdoch at his Gold Light Studios in New Hope, PA. I strive always to learn and grow in any subject that captures my interest, and I continue to hone my drawing skills by studying with contemporary master figure artists of the classical tradition. Since 2010, I have been able to focus on my favorite artistic endeavor, figure drawing. I then spent several years pursuing academic interests, earning a Master’s degree from University of Pennsylvania that led to a short but rewarding career in teaching English as a Second Language to adult immigrants. Inspired by our cats, I started my own greeting card line of cat designs, Teatown Mews Greetings, in the 1990s. Though various interests and life circumstances landed me in careers outside of the art world, I always managed to find my way “home” through my sketchbooks and attending life drawing classes. My artistic trajectory began many years ago when I studied fashion illustration and graphic design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.