Linda J. Amundsen
I studied art in Chicago, Illinois where I was born. After moving to Florida in 1960, I studied art at Seminole Community College followed by classes at the University of Central Florida and Rollins College. I work in both oil and acrylic on canvas.
RECENT COMPETITIONS
- Top 200 Selection in 2002 Arts for the Parks National Competition and Exhibit in Jackson Hole, WY
- Top 200 Selection in 1998 Arts for the Parks National Competition and Exhibit in Jackson Hole, WY
- Three Rivers Arts Festival- Pittsburgh, PA- June, 2001
- Art and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach -Regional Exhibit -Fort Walton Beach, FL -June, 2001 Orlando Museum of Art -"From Grandmother's Brush Exhibit" -Orlando, FL -2001
- Orlando Museum of Art -1. Thursday Exhibit -May, 2002
- Orlando City Hall -"Objects of Desire Exhibit" -Orlando, FL 2001
- Period Gallery Small Works National Invitational- Omaha, NE -February, 2002
- Charlotte County Art Guild National Exhibit 2002 -Punta Gorda, FL -Juror -Dean L. Mitchell
- Osceola Center for the Arts Juried Show -Kissimmee, FL 2002
OTHER AWARDS
Award for Excellence
- National Park Academy of the Arts
- Selected in Top 200 in 2002 National Park Academy of the Arts
- Selected in Top 200 in 1998
Turzak Award
- Orange County Artist League -Orlando, FL
First Place
- Sports Exhibit, Hope Barton's Fine Art Gallery, Clermont, FL
- Mayflower Fine Arts Show, Winter Park, FL
- Fashion Square Mall Show
Second Place
- Titusville Art Association Festival -Titusville, FL
- Apopka Art Festival -Apopka, FL
Third Place
- Fashion Square Mall Show- Orlando, FL
- Winter Park Mall Show -Winter Park, FL
Merit Award
- Maitland Chamber Arts Festival -Maitland, FL
- Taste of Oviedo Show -Oviedo, FL
Honorable Mention
- St. Johns River Festival -Sanford, FL
- Mayflower Fine Arts Show -Winter Park, FL
- Taste of Oviedo -Oviedo, FL
Poster Artist
- 1999 Taste of Oviedo Show -Oviedo, FL
PURCHASE A WARDS
- Taste of Oviedo -Oviedo, FL
- Lake Wales Art Festival -Lake Wales, FL
- "A Paws for the Arts" -Universal Studios Corporate Purchase Award for two paintings -Orlando, FL
GALLERY EXHIBITS (GROUP AND SOLO)
- Art West Gallery -Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Ranch Inn Conference Center -Jackson Hole, Wyoming Orlando Museum of Art -Orlando, Florida -"From Grandmothers Brush"