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"