Linda Lovisa

When Linda Lovisa moved to Kelowna, BC in 2006, she was impressed by the beauty of the Okanagan Valley landscape. As an outdoors person who has lived in North Western Ontario for the last twenty years, she found the wildlife and terrain daunting to a newcomer.  However, her adventurous spirit soon had Linda hiking the Monashees for inspiration in her art work, and her determination and preparedness allowed her to overcome the challenges starting over presents. In 2009 Linda opened the New Moon Gallery and Natural Transitions Art Studio where she has local artists exhibiting and teaches classes in acrylics, watercolour and mixed media.

The Canadian landscape has inspired Linda since she was ten years old, and this self-taught artist has dedicated her life to intensifying a fragile moment in nature or everyday vignette so that the busy people may pause for a moment to reflect.  Her passion for life and creativity meld together in her artwork with her use of colour and motion, and breathe life into landscapes to provoke our inner souls for appreciation of our natural surroundings.  Linda’s artwork allows oneself to reconnect with the land and spirituality, and in doing so, offers us a great gift.