Oil on board
Linda Christy, artist/musician/writer, returned to her Oklahoma home
and her kinship with red dirt and thunderstorms. Linda grew up in
Seminole, Oklahoma, as a boomtown baby boomer.
In 1980 Linda earned a BFA in painting/graphics/art history
from the University of Oklahoma while doing art and music as a freelancer.
She worked as an illustrator/designer; music producer; portrait artist;
art educator; fashion designer; arts & music writer and critic;
and as an arts liaison to the community through collaborative events and presentations.
Linda Christy has exhibited artwork in galleries, arts festivals, businesses,
and homes throughout Oklahoma and the United States for over 35 years.
Her artwork is currently represented through EBSQart.com, an online art gallery.
For over 12 years, Linda Christy served on the roster of the Oklahoma Arts Council
as an artist-in-residence. As a teaching artist, she traveled across the state
of Oklahoma presenting arts classes for all ages in all sorts of venues.
In 2000, Linda’s band, Loose Shoes, was added to the touring roster of
the Oklahoma Arts Council as performing artists. They perform in theaters,
libraries, public schools, and more all across the State.
Pootinella’s ARTworld is where Linda’s creative imagination continues
to flourish while creating paintings, drawings, and music that are reflections
of her soul and her heart.
She revels in opposites/contrasts and spiritual transformation
as ways of expressing Mother Nature’s more sublime patterns of design.
GOOGLE POOTINELLA for a more in-depth foray into Linda Christy’s world of ART.
Catalog #31, on which I had the
opportunity to collaborate with my
colleagues at Banana Republic.
It's one of the most unique and striking of
all the catalogs produced by this
well-known company.
My drawings graced the pages of
this catalog, along with others produced
during that time; and my work was
nationally published in newspapers and
magazines across the country; including,
but not limited to Glamour, Atlantic
Monthly, and Smithsonian.
I feel honored to have worked among
some of the most talented and skilled
artists, writers, and producers in the
commercial art world.
Here is a T-shirt design that was drawn by one of
my students, D.J. Randle. This was a project where
a drawing would be picked by the board members of
Oklahoma Blues Society to be produced on one of
their T shirt runs. D.J.s design was the winner.
I went to Spencer Elementary School and
worked with a large number of students in the
cafeteria---sketching, drawing, and designing artwork
based on "the blues".
What a marvelous experience, of which my favorite
part was the breaking out of spontaneous gospel singing by a group of girls at the table!
You may have seen someone wearing this shirt at a blues festival somewhere. It was
done by a 5th grade student at Spencer Elementary School in Spencer, Oklahoma!
