Linda Heath Clark, MSA, AWA

Linda Heath Clark working at desk

Artist’s Statement

My goal is to bring a new approach to each subject. I am always looking for ways to introduce abstract aspects either in composition or treatment to my realistic art. Working in acrylic on a clay board surface using a subtractive scratching techniques, I am constantly striving for a three-dimensional look and feel. I genuinely appreciate the fine details and high contrast effects possible with this technique using a variety of scratching tools (X-Acto knives, scalpels, fiber glass brushes, steel wool, tattoo needles, etc.). I hope that the textural dimension of my art gives the viewer a distinctly different experience up close vs. from a distance. I value the variety of experiences one can have with one piece of art – seeing something new each time, drawing the viewer in to look closer.

Artist Biography

Linda Heath Clark is a northern California artist living in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Her realistic art often includes abstract elements.

After obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Art with a minor in Biology, Linda’s interest in wildlife and science led to positions illustrating museum exhibits and ultimately to working sixteen years as a scientific illustrator. Her work as an illustrator included detailed animal portraits and insect and plant illustrations printed in environmental and agricultural publications, scientific journals, and Smithsonian Magazine.

With her distinctive full color scratch technique, Linda creates highly detailed three-dimensional forms and textures. She was awarded Master Scratchboard Artist (MSA) status by the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA) in 2016, and Signature Membership in American Women Artists (AWA) in 2023.

Linda has won multiple awards at local, regional, national, and international shows. She was one of thirty international artists selected for a billboard display in The Billboard Creative’s We the People 2023 Show. Her billboard, Night Lights, was on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood, CA. As a finalist in the Artists Magazine Over 60 Competition, her artwork, Pond Lilies, was featured in the March/April 2023 issue.

Linda’s award–winning art can be seen at the Fire and Rain Gallery in Folsom, CA and the Placerville Art Gallery in Placerville, CA. Her work is in private collections nationwide.

Select International and National Juried Exhibitions, Awards and Publications

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