My thought is that I am an entertainer at heart. Rather than choosing the performing arts to entertain, I've chosen the visual arts. Without a doubt, my genre is drama. Even though my choice of subject matter is diverse, consistently my drawings and paintings will show conflicting forces between light and dark.

I am the director, my subject the actor and my paper the stage. My desire is to delight the eye by giving the viewer a lot to look at, rich in detail, rich in color and rich in expression. Without using words, without music and without being disturbed by movement, my actor commands attention. When the spotlight illuminates the actor, something in my painting will say, "Notice me. See how pretty the light says I am".

I can't help but have an impassioned experience with each painting or drawing that I do because I love both my craft and my subject. I love being lost in the process, engaged in an affair that occupies me fully. My work and my pleasure is to share that love with you.

Internationally known artist, Linda Lucas Hardy was named as one of the 10 Artists to watch in 2008 by Southwest Art Magazine. Her articles and artwork have appeared in The "Artist's", "International Artist", The American Artist "DRAWING", "Southwest Art", "American Art Collector" and Northlight Magazines as well as International Artists Publishing, Inc.

Linda is best known for her stunning paintings done in colored pencil. In 2007 she won the CIPPY Award and the EXXPY Award - the two highest awards given by the Colored Pencil Society of America. Linda has the distinction of being the only colored pencil artist to have won both awards. She is also the only colored pencil artist to have won the International Artists Magazines Grand Prize Award which she received in 2005. Her work has been shown in more than 45 national and international exhibitions and she's won an equal number of awards and honors.

She is a five-year merit award recipient in the Colored Pencil Society of America, President of CPSA 215, the Dallas/Ft Worth District Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America and enjoys membership in the Mt. Pleasant Texas Art Society.

If you would be interested in purchasing her work, she is represented by Southwest Gallery 4500 SIGMA at Welch - Dallas, Texas 75244 - 972.960.8935- 800.272.9910.

Linda currently lives in Omaha, TX with her husband of 38 years and Yorkshire Terrier's, Belle and Bazil. They have seven grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Linda has been teaching classes and workshops since 2000.

Education:

Texarkana Jr. College
ETSU Texarkana
Northeast Texas Community College


Studied with:

Dr. Ollie Theisen, Jo Taylor, Kim Wommack, Beth Wommack, Otis Lumpkin.

Attended workshops given by:
John Pototschnick   Barbara Krans Jenkins   Lee Hammond   Pat Averill, CPSA   Maggie Toole, CPSA  Janie Gildow, CPSA   Kristy Kutch, CPSA   Thomas Thayer Jr, CPSA   Jeffrey Smart Baisden, CPSA   Priscilla Humay, CPSA   Carrie Ballantyne   Betsy Holster, CPSA   E.Michael Burrows, CPSA   Melissa Miller Nece, CPSA  Michael Mentler, SOFA  Sherrie McGraw and Elizabeth Pruitt

Privileged to observe one day demos given by :

Margaret Kessler   Jo Anna Arnett   Marian Hirsch   Andrew Wages   Christy Kidwell, ACA   Bruce Peil  Don Andrews, AWS   Bob Rohm   Cecy Turner ~ NWS, SWS   Lucille Carter, PSA   Xiang Zhang   Priscilla Krejci, AWS   Jo Williams, SWS   Perrin Sparks   Richard Stephens   Sue Kemp   Jerral Derryberry   Connie Erickson  Kaye Franklin ~ OPA, PSA   and  Kay Polk

Teaching:

• Ongoing--Every Tuesday  from 10am until 1pm at the Hobby Lobby on 15th and Alma in Plano,Tx 
• If you would like to join my class or if you belong to an art group in the Dallas/Ft Worth and would like to have me do a demonstration, contact me HERE