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This Whiteout series, which is inspired by the pandemic and quarantine - began as a visual interpretation of the erasing of large parts of our lives. This piece is about listening, to your inner self and to others around you. The tall spindly horse is in conversation with the small blue donkey figure. The floating boat, faces and bird are all socially separated as we have been in the quarantine. But there seems to be a sense of communication through all of the elements surrounding the doily sun. Mixed media elements include the doily, sculptural wall covering, tulle, wood and screws.

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Linda Mitchell is an American artist whose mixed media animal paintings and installations have been featured in over 20 solo exhibitions at museums in the United States.

She was born in Atlanta, Georgia in a family that nurtured her early interest in both animals and making art. Her mother bred cocker spaniels, and Mitchell was encouraged by a great-aunt who taught music, art and drama. As a child, she started painting, making animal figures, and sewing, all of which informed her work as a mature artist.

She received a BFA from UGA, and 2 MFAs from GSU in painting and sculpture. In graduate school she developed a visual language combining her painted and sculptural imagery, resulting in mixed media paintings and installations that are complex and dream-like. The artist’s intuitive approach allows poetic meaning to emerge from the highly textural layering of painted and other diverse materials.