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Linda Fitzgerald is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Fort Collins, Colorado.

Linda Fitzgerald was born in the Hudson Valley area of New York State and has been a Fort Collins resident since 1988. Before settling in Colorado, Linda’s path took her to San Francisco and Santa Fe where her passion for both visual and culinary art began to blossom.

In San Francisco, Linda befriended nationally acclaimed sculptress Ruth Cravath Wakefield and fine art painter Charles Farr. Both inspired and influenced Linda on her creative journey. In 1978, Linda moved to New Mexico where she had the honor of working as a Companion/Chef for Georgia O’Keeffe at Ms. O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu home. There were many conversations about creativity. Linda took to heart the advice Ms. O’Keeffe gave her, “Paint the way you paint! Don’t allow others to tell you how your painting should look. Instructors want you to paint like them, but then it’s not your work, it’s theirs’.”

Awards and Exhibitions

• World Art Awards (2023): 6th Place
• American Arts Awards (2022): 6th Place
• Side Arts (May 2022): 1st Place – Monthly Online Competition
• City of Lafayette Group Show (January – March 2020): Lafayette, CO
• Jones Gallery Group Show (February 2020): Kansas City, MO
• Public Art Program reproduction and installation of “Flamingos” utility box wraps (January 2020): Pompano Beach, FL
• R Gallery Group Show (October – November 2019): Boulder, CO
• R Gallery Group Show (September – October 2019): Boulder, CO
• Gateway To the Rockies National Art Show (October 2019): Aurora, CO
• Art Santa Fe International Art Show (2019): Santa Fe, NM
• Gateway To the Rockies National Art Show (October 2018): Aurora, CO
• Art in Public Places reproduction and installation of “Spirit Buffalo” at the Phillip S. Miller Regional Park (August 2018): Castle Rock, CO

See more work, visit lindafitzgeraldgalleryandgifts.com