About Linda Maki
"Truck paintings, pastry paintings, colorful paintings...."
I work in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
I love the aching nostalgia and loneliness found in abandoned old trucks and machinery, often discovered on a road trip.
I have an ongoing pastry series painted in oil right onto discarded cookie sheets and trays . These “canvases” have a kitchen’s history baked right in.
I am available for no-risk commissions and custom murals.
The paths I have taken in my artwork are linked by a love of color and contrast. (And things in rows such as pastries lined up in the case.)
Though I often paint from photos I have taken, I also find beautiful outdoor spots and paint “alla prima”, in one session from nature. (When I see something that I want to paint, I feel a tiny thrill in my heart. That’s how I find my subjects.)
A lifetime of drawing and sketching since I was little led me to my current main medium: oil painting. I still love sketching people though.
I have studied with Adam Wolpert, Maddine Insalaco, Ben Brotherton and Jennifer McChristian.
My art is in collections in Atlanta, Dallas, Connecticut, Montana, Santa Fe, San Francisco and other locations.
I hope you enjoy my artwork. I'd love to hear from you.
SHOWS AND AWARDS
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April 2023 Juried :"4 Macaroons #4" Art Works Downtown
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March 2023 Juried. "Yellow Rowboat" SVOS Preview Show. Mohr Gallery CSMA, Mt View CA
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Feb 2023 Juried. "Gas Pump Globes" in "Seen & Imagined" Gallery Route One, Pt Reyes Sta CA
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August 2022 Solo Show, Los Altos CA Library
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July 2022 1st Place Fine Arts Galeria SM Co Fair "Red Truck in Town".
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July 2022 3rd Place Fine Arts Galeria SM Co Fair "Stage Stop, San Gregorio"
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May 14-15 2022 Silicon Valley Open Studios
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May 2022 Members Show Pacific Art League, juried. "Dino"
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March 2022 Juried "Womens View" show, Caldwell Gallery, Redwood City CA
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September 2021 Silicon Valley Open Studios
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June 2021-- First Place Award: “Yellow Rowboat” First Place Award: “Duncan, Arizona”, Second Place Award: “Sausalito GMC” Fine Arts Galleria, San Mateo County Fair
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May 2021 Solo Virtual Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
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December 2020: Members Shows Pacific Art League and O'Hanlon Center for the Arts
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November 2020 "Dodge, Lahaina" in Juried show "Golden Hour", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
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May 13-31 2020 Peninsula Outdoor Painters, Show Twin Pines Ctr, Belmont
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November 2019 Artisan’s Bazaar 1st Cong. Church, Palo Alto
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June/July 2019 Lobby Gallery solo show Burlingame Parks & Rec
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May 15-30 2019 Plein Air Impressions Twin Pines Art Ctr. Belmont
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May 4-5 2019 Silicon Valley Open Studios
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March 2019 Juried Members show Pacific Art League
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December 2018 Solo show Los Altos Library
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June 2018 2nd Place Award San Mateo County Fair for “Willys and the Airstream”
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May 2018 Silicon Valley Open Studios
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December 2017 juried “Holiday Show” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA
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July 2017 juried “Summertime” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA
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May 2017 Silicon Valley Open Studios
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April 2017 juried “Women’s View 2017”.Caldwell Gallery, Redwood City CA
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March 2017 juried “Fins, Feathers and Furs”. Pac Art League, Palo Alto CA
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September 2016 juried “Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco
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June 2016 1st Place Award San Mateo County Fair“Driftwood, Texas”
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June 2016 3rd Place Award San Mateo County Fair ““Truck, Isleton”
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July 2015Little Bee Bakery, San Francisco. Solo show
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May 2015 Café 78, San Francisco. “Treats”.Solo show
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Mar 2011 juried “Women’s View 2011”. Caldwell Gallery Redwood City CA