Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Linda has been a part of creative endeavors
all of her life, exploring the active art culture of the academic
university community. She grew up in the Purdue University environment,
where her father was a professor, which afforded her great opportunities
to explore and experience the vast array of thought and culture.
As a young girl, she spent three years living in Brazil, South America,
while her father led a USAID project in the interior of the country.
Along with her parents, she was exposed to both the great poverty
of this beautiful country, as well as elite Embassy diplomats.
Linda
obtained her Bachelors Degree in Interior Design from Purdue.
During her studies, she sought a variety of artistic mentoring
that included, thrown and slab pottery, drawing, painting,
mixed media collages, interior design, as well as jewelry design.
Today,
Linda has captured her dream of creating her vision in designed
jewelry. The aesthetic of the designs are contemporary and
the materials used are traditional. Utilizing such traditional
media as Swarovski crystal pearls, glass beads, gemstones,
acrylic, and polymer clay, she forms these materials into interesting,
sleek, and sometimes minimalist designs.
“Bringing
contemporary jewelry designs to the world need not be difficult
or expensive. My vision is to design what I see in my heart
in order for others to enjoy the beauty of the materials and
to be able to afford one-of-a-kind or limited edition jewelry.
Every woman should have this privileged.”
Experience
over a lifetime of personal jewelry creation and in business
since 2006, Linda fuels the GalleriaLinda online stores with
creativity and unexpected concepts.
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