About Our Studio

About Linda

Linda loves to make beautiful three-dimensional wall sculptures with metal, wood and wire. She has been a studio artist since 1993 and has developed commissions for hospitals and healthcare institutions, universities, religious institutions, corporate clients, and government facilities across the US and internationally.

Her work ranges from large installations and wall sculptures to intimate work that fits beautifully with a residence. Her background as a graphic designer helps her to work effectively with all types of clients including galleries, art consultants, architects and designers.

Linda graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Cincinnati School of Design, Architecture and Art. She worked as a graphic designer in Chicago for corporations and design firms and gained valuable experience working in a fast-paced client-centric environment.

Her work falls into four distinct bodies of work: large modular wall sculptures or “quilts” including the “Patterns of Nature series, fold-formed wall hung constructions, laser cut forms and wire woven sculptures.

Linda’s artwork appears in many public spaces including: Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory; US Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen Maryland; Ross Heart Hospital at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio; first class cabins of airplanes operated by Cathay Pacific Airlines, Hong Kong, China; the lobby of One Shell Square, New Orleans, Louisiana; Wells Fargo Corporate Office, Des Moines, Iowa; Kaiser Permanente offices throughout California and Pennsylvania; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee to name a few.

Working With A Client

Linda works with a variety of clients including art consultants, architects, and designers who are seeking artwork destined for the interior public spaces of their customers. These clients usually begin with a defined space or a budget range for artwork that will be installed in a space that is planned or already being constructed.

Linda works collaboratively with these clients and uses her website examples as a starting point to begin to define the project theme or visual direction, and to understand the budget. She then creates designs for high, medium, and low budgets. The client can then use these designs and budget ranges in conversation with the ultimate customer to get a general agreement about the project direction and scope. “I try to gauge budget early because statements like ‘not a big budget’ can mean different things to different people. I may not be able to make the piece the customer wants in the material they want, but I have many options at my disposal to make a project work within a budget.”

Once she has agreement from the client and the customer about project direction and budget, Linda can render a color simulation of the finished work in their space. This rendering serves as the design document, which the client can use for signoff with the customer.

Development of the artwork begins with this signoff and a deposit of 50% of the project cost. Linda provides a delivery date upon receipt of the deposit.

During development, Linda sends material and color samples, and photos of the piece as it is being created. “I don’t like surprising my clients, and this documentation helps them understand how the final piece will look in their space.”

She encourages potential clients to look at her website for inspiration for their projects and often sends photos for reference as needed.