Linda Shaffer

Searching, Abstract Painting

2025

Artist Comments
A multi-layered mixed-media abstract features hand-printed papers, monoprints, exotic papers, travel and original photographs, and papers collected from bits of everyday life. Red accents add contrast to the black and grey palette. Artist Linda Shaffer took inspiration from traveling and the desire to see and experience new places to create the piece.

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, script, circle, scribble, mark making, monochrome, monochromatic, pattern, abstract, mixed media artwork, grey

Searching
Linda Shaffer
Paper, monoprint, and photograph on cradled wood panel
Natural wood edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2025
12 in. h x 12 in. w x .75 in. d
1 lbs. 0 oz.