Linda Hajdukiewicz - Artist's Profile

Linda Hajdukiewicz is an artist who likes to experiment and works in a variety of media and subject matter. Linda began her art education as an art historian and was a contributor to the Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980 (Edited by Alan Windsor - Scolar Press, 1992). She is now a commercial greetings card designer. Recently she has spent time developing her fine art and exhibits widely at venues throughout the South West including: Broomhill Art Hotel & Sculpture Gardens; Museum of Dartmoor Life; RHS Rosemoor; Burton Art Gallery. A major one-woman show of her work was held at the Queen's Theatre Gallery in July 2006. Linda is a committee member of leading arts organisation, North Devon Arts, is editor of the North Devon Arts newsletter, and was elected member of Westward Ho and Bideford Art Society in 2007. She is also the Coordinator of Devon Open Studios, the county-wide open studios event.

Reinventing the Flower Painting

Linda's recent work has focused on the flower painting - reinventing it for a modern audience. This work uses strong colours, interesting compositions, and the images flow off the canvas onto the canvas sides.

Linda has had an interesting love/hate relationship with flowers and gardening. Her family owned a nursery and she spent her early years at the nursery enjoying play amongst the flowers. As a teenager she worked on the nursery and equated tending plants with hard work - she rejected gardening and flowers at that time! Now she has come back to gardens and has a new enthusiasm: she is an RHS member, attends Chelsea and revels in the colour and beauty of her own garden. This love shines through in her representation of all that is striking and beautiful in gardens. Commissions are welcome: Linda loves to create artwork for a special occasion based on an individual's requirements.

Pastels and Prints

Linda is also a keen print maker and works on evocative landscape subjects, often in pastel. Shown below are examples of Linda's work in a variety of media and subjects. A solo show of landscapes in pastel took place at the Plough in Great Torrington 2nd-29th March 2009.

Sgraffito More like this	Etchings More like this	Linocuts More like this	Pastels More like this

Flowers (small) More like this	Flowers (medium) More like this	Flowers (large) More like this	Conservatory More like this

Flowers/Sea More like this	Seasons More like this	Lino Carving More like this	Collographs More like this

Seascapes