Linda Warner Constantino
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Painter, Illustrator, College Professor |
| Location | Hilton Head Island, SC, United States |
| Introduction | Painting is a lot like breathing. I cannot imagine life without it. It is the ongoing formidable challenge of my life. When I am painting, it is more like a meditation. I have no idea what day it is or what time it is. I am lodged in an immortal moment. While I enjoy teaching as a college professor of illustration, I am also an avid painter. In October 2006 I created my painting blog and committed myself to painting at least one painting a week or more for one year in either oils or watercolors. It lasted almost two years and was an invaluable experience. I paint in watercolors and oils and I am attracted to the intimacy of painting small for some unexplainable reason. I also love the outdoors and try to paint en plein air as often as possible. In June 2010 I was awarded a presidential fellowship from Savannah College of Art and Design where I teach. This enabled me to paint for a month in Italy. It was a dream come true for me and I am forever changed because of it. Each summer I teach plein air painting and sketching workshops at Spannocchia, a green hotel and working organic farm near Siena, Italy. |
| Interests | The outdoors, exercise, hiking, organic gardening, collecting American woodblock prints from the early 20th century and Arts and Crafts pottery. |
| Favorite Movies | The Mission, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Braveheart, Fried Green Tomatoes, Last of the Mohicans, Rabbit Proof Fence, Legends of the Fall |
| Favorite Music | James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Crosby, Still, Nash and Young, Jim Hendrix, Joan Armatrading, Jefferson Airplane, The Youngbloods, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Lorena McKennitt, Janis Joplin, Cream, Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Andrea Bocelli |
| Favorite Books | Anything by Pema Chodron, Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner, The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood |