Art Workshops

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Linda Kemp

Linda Kemp is internationally recognized for her unique contemporary watercolours and innovative use of negative painting. She is the author of the #1 best-selling book, Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines -A Positive Approach to Negative Painting (North Light pub.) and the accompanying video (Teaching Art Videos) by the same title.  She is a contributing writer/demonstrator in Watercolor For the Fun of It - Easy Landscapes by Jack Reid and Painter's Quick Reference - Flowers, and Painter's Quick Reference Landscapes both N. L. pub. A full time artist, she frequently instructs and lectures at national symposiums and watercolour workshops throughout Canada, The United States and The United Kingdom.

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Kemp is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, The Ontario Society of Artists and The Society of Canadian Artists and is an honorary member of the Society for all Artists. Her paintings and articles have been featured in, Color and Light for Watercolor Painters by C. Schink  and in publications such as Twenty Wonders, American Artist, International Artist, Watercolor Magic, Watermedia Focus, Palette Magazine and The Watercolour Gazette. This artist is profiled in Canadian Who's Who, Who's Who of Canadian Women, The Dictionary of International Biography, The 20th Anniversary Edition of Trivial Pursuit and 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century. Her award winning paintings are in private, public, and corporate collections around the world, including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, U.K and the private collection of HRH The Prince of Wales. Kemp was the recipient of the 2005 Woman of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture in Niagara.

Linda's studios are located in Southern Ontario, Canada