
Art Can Make a House a Home and a Business Inviting
It is the ‘personal stamp’ that reflects the organization’s purpose and message. Linda Valentino Walker knows how to make your home or business a reflection of your interests and lifestyle. She has been making art all of her life and has been painting murals professionally for twenty-five years.
Linda has built a name for herself as a reputable artist by refining her skills and developing her talent through dedication and passion. Linda is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, BA 1983, and is constantly experimenting with new mediums to expand her artistic vocabulary and develop new techniques. “Mural painting is my mainstay and my career…my work encompasses everything from landscapes, abstracts, realism and impressionism. I love doing many different types of painting because it keeps my work fresh and always evolving.”
Large-scale mural and canvas painting comes naturally for Linda. She paints client’s walls on location or works in her studio and then installs the canvas mural painting onto the wall surface. Canvas murals are a wonderful option because you can take it with you if you decide move.
Currently, Linda is seeing a greater demand for murals in public venues. I am interested in reaching a larger audience and taking my work to another level. She is also a founding member of the Kalamazoo Artist’s Alliance Center, a non-profit organization for local area artists to show and sell their work in the community.
Linda was the recipient of the Kalamazoo Arts Fund Grant sponsored through the Kalamazoo Artist’s Council in 2006. She received the grant to expand on digital medium combined with traditional painting with a corresponding exhibit for the 2006 October Art Hop. In 2007 and 2008 two more Art Hop shows followed with work expandiing on the new art form. Linda's work was accepted to the juried Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Area Show in 2007 for her large digital transfer painting titled, “Our House” (pictured above).
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