Dr. Linda Smith is a figurative artist based in Kent. Her education includes a PhD in Chemistry, science teacher training, PGCE’s in Fine Art Glass and Architectural Glass and Icon Painting. Linda has taught glass art at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), exhibited widely, including the Meniere Factory, The Painter-Stainers’ Company, Chatham Dockyard, Linden Hall Studio and with several different art societies at the Mall Galleries. Linda has won many awards, one being the Great Art Award from the Society of Women Artists (SWA), of which she has been a council member for many years and a past President.
As well as painting on glass, Linda uses a variety of materials including graphite, ink, egg tempera and gold leaf. Her work features historical buildings; iconography; the animal kingdom, in particular, how humans negatively impact on their wellbeing and figurative portraiture, where Linda aims to capture not just the physical likeness of a person, but also their inner qualities, emotions and stories.