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Introduction	Lin was born in 1951 in Norfolk, Virginia. He comes from an artistic family. His great grandfather Linwood Berry was a maker of figureheads for sailing ships in the late 19th Century. His son, Lin’s grandfather, was the accomplished watercolorist Bert Berry. Lin’s father Ken played jazz saxophone and his uncle Bert Berry Jr. is a nationally recognized master builder of dulcimers and other musical instruments. Lin and his wife Nancy have lived in Spain for nearly 20 years. In recent years they have been spending more time in their stateside home is Kill Devil Hills. They have 2 adult children, Sarah and David. Lin began painting as a teenager, often spending time in his grandfather’s studio. He works mainly in oil, acrylic and pastels. Mostly self taught, he studied pastels in Paris with Jean-Pierre Mérat, president of the Société des Pastellistes de France and drawing at the venerable Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (Spain). He has also studied abstract painting with Marsha Steiger at the Art League of Alexandria, Va. Lin’s work is found in many collections in the USA, Europe and South America.

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Introduction

Lin was born in 1951 in Norfolk, Virginia. He comes from an artistic family. His great grandfather Linwood Berry was a maker of figureheads for sailing ships in the late 19th Century. His son, Lin’s grandfather, was the accomplished watercolorist Bert Berry. Lin’s father Ken played jazz saxophone and his uncle Bert Berry Jr. is a nationally recognized master builder of dulcimers and other musical instruments. Lin and his wife Nancy have lived in Spain for nearly 20 years. In recent years they have been spending more time in their stateside home is Kill Devil Hills. They have 2 adult children, Sarah and David. Lin began painting as a teenager, often spending time in his grandfather’s studio. He works mainly in oil, acrylic and pastels. Mostly self taught, he studied pastels in Paris with Jean-Pierre Mérat, president of the Société des Pastellistes de France and drawing at the venerable Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (Spain). He has also studied abstract painting with Marsha Steiger at the Art League of Alexandria, Va. Lin’s work is found in many collections in the USA, Europe and South America.