Linda Townsend- Watercolor and Pastel Artist
Linda Townsend was born and grew up in New York State. She graduated from the Stae University of New York at New Paltz with a major in art education. Linda subsequently attended the school of American Craftsman at Rochester Institute of Technology, majoring in ceramic design. She later received a mastors degree in education from Pepperdine University in California. Her teaching career began in Long Island, teaching art at Smithtown Junior High.
In 1963, she moved to California and continued her teaching career in Southern Caifornia. After 30 years of teaching art at the highschool level, Linda retired in 1993 from the Torrance Unified School District. In 1994, herself and her husband moved to Minden, Nevada. She now devotes more time to her artwork. Her paintings and murals grace many homes and businesses in Southern California as well as in and around the Carson Valley.
Linda is currently a member of the Carson Valley Art Association, the Nevada Art Association, the Sierra Watercolor Association and the Sierra Pastel Association. Many of her paintings can be seen at the East Fork Gallery and the Brewery Arts Center in CArson City, Nevada. Throughout her career, Linda has reccieved many awards for her paintings. Durring the past years, out of large display of paintings, the town of Minden, the Record Courier Newspaper and the Western Nevada College have selected her work to hang permanately in their offices.
