LINDA NEWMAN BOUGHTON



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Linda grew up in a highly artistic and theatrical family. Drawing and acting in plays were a fundamental part of her early years. She attended Florida State University with a major in theater and a fine arts minor where she took several drawing classes. Attending a fashion illustration class on a whim resulted in her abilities shining and she taught a summer course at FSU before moving to New York City and ultimately graduating from The Fashion Institute of Technology with a degree in Fashion Illustration, graduating with honors.

She continued working in the fashion industry for nearly a decade as a photographer and illustrator and designing junior accessories as well. Missing her theatrical side, she decided to move to Hollywood and pursue artistic avenues working as a lead scenic for several years in the TV and Movie industry. As a scenic she painted sets and soon found herself creating artwork for those sets as well. That soon became her main focus and career, painting murals and making copies of famous artworks or creating portraits of the actors in just about any style requested of her. Some of her original and predesigned artwork pieces can be seen in the movies: Water for Elephants, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Nightmare on Elm Street 7, and Fight Club. Her artwork also was on Amazon's- Man in the High Castle and several TV episodes of Will and Grace and Desperate Housewives.

Linda's painting skills were all self taught and the painting of sets and making artwork for the TV and movie industry honed her skills and gave her the confidence to continue to make more art outside of the TV and movie industry. She has had her artwork in several shows in New York and Los Angeles and has paintings and drawings in Lynda and Stuart Resnik's prestigious personal art collection.

Linda now resides in the Hudson Valley and shows her work at The Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY.