Linda D. Neal

Before trying watercolors, I worked as a portrait artist using charcoal, pastel, and oil. Watercolors seemed unmanageable by comparison, but my initial frustration turned into determination, then passion. The flow of water and brilliant color paints itself into sparkling reflections, water, and luscious shadows; limiting it to portraits seemed to deny its full potential. My style is impressionistic, my palette limited, as I work wet-into-wet mixing primary colors as I go. With an eye for detail, I work intuitively and rather quickly as I think ahead, isolating shapes and saving whites, allowing myself to be a spectator as my brush dances across paper. I paint for the bliss. It's who and what I am, and all the more rewarding when others enjoy the results.