April 1 - Linda Powers Moore - Flowers in Oil (using the 'forbidden" black)

     Linda works mostly in oils. She was once told that use couldn't use black, lo that is why she now paints Flowers from Venice (using black). She loosely draws with charcoal to get the design, then paints the shapes and colors using black or white to outline the flowers shapes. This is all about the forbidden color of black. "Hey, it is fun to make your own rules!" 

     Linda says she didn't know she was an artist until she started first grade, but her first real appreciation as an artist came in second grade when the principal asked her to make Christmas angels for all the windows in the school Later, after she had married a chef, they lived in 6 states and 20 cities, and she found all the art classes she could find and read all the art how-to books in the libraries. 

     You may remember her as Linda Powers who was a member of the Nampa Art Guild a few years ago.

     These are a couple samples of the flowers she will demonstrate for us: