WILDLIFE ARTIST LINDA BUDGE- OIL ON CANVAS - "WINTER HAY MEADOW" - Price: $1,600.00 in Tucson, Arizona

Deer Painting ? ?Winter Hay Meadow? ? 25 x 19 ? Framed 34 x 28. Similar paintings are selling for $3,200 on the artist?s website
Artist Statement
Award winning artist, Linda Budge has spent a lifetime observing the wildlife of her surroundings and how it interacts with nature. As her knowledge increased so have the accolades of her celebrated fine art career.
?Artists paint what inspires them. I find inspiration with my environment. Now living in Cave Creek, Arizona, I have fallen in love with the Sonoran Desert. Its natural, unrivaled architecture and diverse desert complexion are very different than anywhere else in the country. The fascinating silhouettes and kaleidoscope of hues make my passion and excitement run on high," stated Budge.
Artist Bio
Throughout the years, Linda?s brushwork has flowed across oil paintings, designs for cards and limited edition prints, portraying those moments and glimpses of wildlife on mountain, prairie and the desert that are usually reserved for people after a chilly night in a sleeping bag.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Linda won a poster contest at the age of 12, and her determination to become an ?artist? was set at an early age. Linda and her husband John have lived in many places across the western United States, each place providing those rich experiences that have given Linda the background to paint animals with accuracy and emotion.
Her paintings are done in the classical style, painterly, full of light and expression.
This award winning artist has a painting in the private sector of the Reagan National Library, placed there by the President himself. She was invited to do the first conservation stamp for the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, commissioned to do a painting for the 50th Anniversary for the Guide Dog Foundation, and asked to do an image for a series of limited edition prints for Ducks Unlimited. Her paintings have been on numerous magazine covers; The Wyoming Wildlife magazine, Elk Foundation, Images, The Clumber Spaniel Club of America, The Golden Retriever Review, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association among many others. She has created collector plates for Hamilton, greeting cards for Leaning Tree and limited edition prints for Ducks, Ultd. Linda was asked to design a poster for the Labrador Club of America. She was artist of the year for Oklahoma Ducks Unlimited. Linda is in several permanent collections of libraries, museums and corporate collections.
Education
University of Utah
Utah State University
University of Wyoming
Professional Organizations
Signature member of the Society of Animal Artists
Signature member of the Artists for Conservation
Juried member of the Sonoran Art League