Linda ShafferDoor in Our Hearts, Abstract Painting2021
2021
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Artist Linda Shaffer delivers a bright collaged abstract in her signature style. The work is about the unexpected people who come into our lives—those we never imagined we’d cherish or share a piece of our heart with. The artwork features a backdrop of palm trees and the beach, symbolizing beauty that might be taken for granted. This setting contrasts with the impact of unexpected connections and their deep influence.
About the Artist
Artist Linda Shaffer creates intricately layered abstract collages based on her travels. "My defining art moment was when I was eleven years old and I got to visit Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs," says Linda. She watched mesmerized as the potter created a beautiful piece of art as if by magic from a lump of brown wet mud. After high school, Linda became a registered nurse and spent her days off making pottery at a local studio. As her nursing career advanced—from labor and delivery to ICU, trauma, and eventually college nursing—Linda returned to school, earning a bachelor’s in business administration. She chose art classes for every elective and even built her own clay studio. Later, she earned a master’s in public health and became a tenured college professor, while taking art classes every semester, where she discovered a passion for painting and printmaking. After retiring early from teaching, Linda pursued her interest in fine jewelry by attending the Gemological Institute of America. Since 2011, she has been working full-time as a painter and jeweler. When Linda's not making art, she enjoys golfing with a close circle of friends. She's made two hole-in-ones and plans for more.
Words that describe this painting: collage, hand-printed paper, monoprints, mark making, washi tape, graphite, heart, palm trees, line, abstract, mixed media artwork, yellow
Door in Our Hearts
Linda Shaffer
Hand-printed paper, monoprint, house paint, acrylic paint, collage, graphite, and washi paper on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2021
36 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.5 in. d
7 lbs. 0 oz.
- Creator:Linda Shaffer
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Condition:Door in Our Hearts. Linda Shaffer. Hand-printed paper, monoprint, house paint, acrylic paint, collage, graphite, and washi paper on stretched canvas. Finished white edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front and back.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 782191stDibs: LU922115029192
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Artist Margriet Hogue creates layered mixed media paintings inspired by "the contours of the land, the distressed surfaces and the colors of the different seasons," as she explains. Born in the Netherlands, Margriet's family moved to Venezuela when she was 6 months old, and then immigrated to Canada when she was in middle school. As a child, her mother taught her various fiber crafts. Buying her first loom allowed Margriet to pay her way through college, and after graduating, she spent years producing textiles and clothing. Unfortunately, the dust from weaving aggravated her child's asthma, so she started a needlework business called The Essamplaire (old French for sampler). "Whenever we would be on holidays I'd make appointments with museums to see their sampler collections and would request licensing agreements to reproduce them in the form of needlework kits," explains Margriet. "Samplers were part of a girl’s education from the 1500s to the early 1900s and consisted of them stitching alphabets, pictorial images and quaint verses." In 2014, Margriet attended an acrylic painting workshop, which she describes as very freeing after the fine and detailed work involved in needlework. Today, when she's not painting, she enjoys road trips through the mountains to the west coast, visiting family who live far and wide, and continuing to oversee her needlework business.
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