LINDA HYATT CANCEL

Artist's Statement

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​"My earliest memory in life is the vivid sights, sounds, and atmosphere
while watching fireworks from the bluffs above the Snake River on the
Idaho - Washington border when I was fifteen months old. The barren,
windswept hills of that region, and the verdant glacier valleys of
eastern Washington still evoke and inspire my love and never-ending
quest to capture in paint the effects of atmosphere on the landscape.
In 1971, I began private oil painting instruction with noted artist Mr.
William F. Pogue. I still remember the exhilaration of putting pigment
to canvas, producing the appearance of form, light, and shadow. He spoke
of his reverence about the Golden Age of Illustration and the Wyeth
family dynasty of artists, which are also some of my favorites. I
continued study in his classes until enrolling at Spokane Falls
Community College, majoring in Visual Merchandising and Display Design.
This training has served to enhance my understanding of the impact of
color, design, contrast, and repetition in order to attract the
attention of the viewer within a few seconds.
Painting, for me, is an expression of many interests - geology, history,
and anthropology become spiritual geographies and psychological
archaeology. For the love of cinema, storytelling, and theater, the
painting becomes the performance, and language and writing translate to
poetic tonalism.
After twenty-five years of residing on the east coast and establishing
my career there as an artist, life's elliptical journey brought me back
to the west coast in 2013. I am so pleased and thankful for all the
wonderful gallery representation and opportunities I've had along the
way."