Linda Plaisted
Out of Your Depth, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Our Lady, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Medusa, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Tempest, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Sojourner, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Mother Nature, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Invisible Sun, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Stand Up Ten, Photographic Mixed Media, 2020
Note: Fine art prints of each image are available in various sizes from the artist.
Artist Statement
I am a classically trained American painter, fine art photographer, and encaustic and mixed media artist.
Each piece of artwork I create tells a story that may otherwise go untold. I layer by hand images I have captured in my original photography, drawings, paintings, and collected ephemera to create mixed-media pieces with subtle depth and dreamlike detail.
My two recent bodies of work, “Underworld” and “Motherland,” created during and in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, reflect my belief in the profound power of women to incubate, transmute, and then transcend beyond grief, loss, and fear in the alchemical processes of our innate strength and wisdom. We live on just like the mothers of our mothers before us and within us.
About the Artist
Linda Plaisted was born in Pennsylvania in 1967, and educated at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Temple University, and George Mason University, where she earned degrees in fine art, illustration, and literature, respectively.
A pioneer in contemporary photomontage, Linda Plaisted founded Many Muses Studio in 2000 as a place to explore the marriage of many media.
Linda Plaisted has illustrated numerous book and magazine covers for major publishers. Her art has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States and internationally, and can be found in both private and corporate collections worldwide.
A resident of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area for more than 20 years, Linda Plaisted currently lives and works in Frederick, Maryland.
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