How to Describe a Feeling?

Fellows

“A PAINTING WORKS best for me.” Such a simple answer personifies Linda Carter Holman, a self-taught painter with a fresh, unique style. What makes it unique? Her use of brilliant color. A distinct, rhythmical quality in her compositions. The understated storytelling. And an honesty—a purity of heart—that is not easily found in paintings these days.

We could say more, but she does it best in her exuberant paintings and unadorned words (from her book).

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Among Friends

I see life in a simple way, an uncomplicated way. I love color and form. I crave it.

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I rejoice in the painting and am refreshed.

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I have had the feeling that the paintings have a life of their own. Their stories seem to reveal themselves to me on my canvas. As they choose, in their own time.

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Sometimes a sketch waits for years to become a painting. Sometimes it never does.

Little Girl

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My Side of the Yard

Not all paintings come easy. Not then or now. But I have never had the thought to give up.

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I didn’t sit down with the idea that I would teach myself to paint. I just sat down to paint and I did.

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Painting has been my balance cane on the high wire of life. It keeps me sane.

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I wish to inspire and be inspired, encourage and be encouraged.

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Mystery of Life

Mystery of Life
“Strive to discover the mystery before life is taken from you. If while living you fail to find yourself, to know yourself, how will you be able to understand the secret of your existence?” ~ Attar

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Linda Carter Holman
was born in Oklahoma, spent her childhood in Venezuela, and has lived in the Southwest and California, where she now resides. You can see her paintings, order prints, and buy her book online at
www.lindacarterholman.com.

And you can
read her blog here.

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