Linda Gass is an environmental artist whose work is informed by the wilderness, maps, aerial photography and her activist passions. Her most recent work explores land use and water issues by portraying aerial views of the human marks on our landscape. Linda’s presentation will take you on a photographic journey to the places that inspire her work, from the wilderness areas of California to some of the significant water interventions in the American West. Linda will show a wide range of her work: stitched paintings on silk, land art made with textiles, and her photography.

She will also show images of her artistic process: step-by-step photographs from initial concept sketches to the finished artwork. You will leave with a new appreciation and awareness for water resources and how art can play an important role in educating the public.

Linda has been making textile art continuously for the last 14 years, after leaving a decade-long career in the software industry and an academic background that includes BS in Mathematics and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. She exhibits her work internationally in galleries and museums. Her work has been published in numerous art books and magazines. Linda has received several prestigious awards for her work and currently is an artist in residence at the Palo Alto Cubberley Artist Studio program.

www.lindagass.com