About Linda Maki
"Truck paintings, pastry paintings, colorful paintings...."
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I work in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
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I love the aching nostalgia and loneliness found in abandoned old trucks and machinery, often discovered on a road trip.
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I have an ongoing pastry series painted in oil right onto discarded cookie sheets and trays . These “canvases” have a kitchen’s history baked right in.
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I am available for no-risk commissions and custom murals.
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The paths I have taken in my artwork are linked by a love of color and contrast. (And things in rows such as pastries lined up in the case.)
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Though I often paint from photos I have taken, I also find beautiful outdoor spots and paint “alla prima”, in one session from nature. (When I see something that I want to paint, I feel a tiny thrill in my heart. That’s how I find my subjects.)
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A lifetime of drawing and sketching since I was little led me to my current main medium: oil painting. I still love sketching people though.
I have studied with Adam Wolpert, Maddine Insalaco, Ben Brotherton and Jennifer McChristian.
My art is in collections in Atlanta, Dallas, Connecticut, Montana, Santa Fe, San Francisco and other locations.
I hope you enjoy my artwork. I'd love to hear from you.
SHOWS AND AWARDS
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2017-2024 Silicon Valley Open Studios
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Sept 2024 "50|50": 50 Artists, 50 Works, 50 Days Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA
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May 2024 Members Show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
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November 2023 102nd Anniversary Show, Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto CA
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June 2023 – 3rd Place and Honorable Mention (Berry Farm Truck and Little Cliffs at Miramar Beach) at Fine Arts Galeria, San Mateo County Fair
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May-August 2023 – “Adapting to Wildfire” Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
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May 2023 – 3rd Place -”Parkfield Truck” - Members Show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto.
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April-May 2023 – “Delicious” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
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April 2023 – SV Open Studios Preview Show, Mohr Gallery, CSMA, Mt View, CA
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Feb 2023 – “Seen and Imagined” Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
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August 2022 – Solo Show, Los Altos Library, CA
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June 2022 – 1st Place Award “Red Truck in Town”; 3rd Place: “Stage Stop, San Gregorio” Fine Arts Galleria, San Mateo County Fair
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May 2022 – Pacific Art League Members Show “Dino” Palo Alto CA
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March 2022 – “Women’s View 2022” Caldwell Gallery Redwood City CA
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June 2021-- First Place Award: “Yellow Rowboat” First Place Award: “Duncan, Arizona”, Second Place Award: “Sausalito GMC” Fine Arts Galleria, San Mateo County Fair
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May 2021-now - Solo Virtual Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
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Oct 2020 "The Golden Hour" juried exhibit, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
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Oct 2020 “Beyond 20/20" Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
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May 2020 Peninsula Outdoor Painters, Show Twin Pines Ctr, Belmont
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June/July 2019 Lobby Gallery solo show Burlingame Parks & Rec
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May 2019 Plein Air Impressions Twin Pines Art Ctr. Belmont
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March 2019, Members show -- Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA
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December 2018 Solo show Los Altos Library
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June 2018 2nd Place Award Fine Arts Galeria, SM County Fair: “Willys and the Airstream”
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December 2017 “Holiday Show” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA
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July 2017 “Summertime” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA
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April 2017 “Women’s View 2017”. Caldwell Gallery, Redwood City CA
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March 2017 “Fins, Feathers and Furs”. Pac Art League, Palo Alto CA
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September 2016 “Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco
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June 2016 1st Place “Driftwood, Texas”. 3rd Place “Truck, Isleton” San Mateo County Fair
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May&July 2015 Café 78 & Little Bee Bakery, San Francisco. Solo shows
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Mar 2011 “Women’s View 2011”. Caldwell Gallery Redwood City CA