Linda Mary WEIR
Linda Weir was born in Manchester and obtained a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University in 1982. This was followed by a PGCE in Art Education. She was then awarded an MA in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University. Her many years of teaching experience culminated in positions at the University of Nottingham and Manchester Metropolitan University. She has also studied transactional analysis, counselling and psychosynthesis. Influences include Van Gogh and Picasso, and American literature.
Linda began working in Cornwall from 1978 and settled in St Ives in 2000, where she paints mainly in oils 'en plein air'. Her work has been exhibited widely across the UK. A review of her paintings at the Castlefield Gallery in Manchester drew attention to 'landscapes and domestic interiors into a kaleidoscopic maze of luscious colour. Weir manages to arrange exquisite colours in lovely visual harmonies while avoiding slipping off into the shallow pleasantries of decoration. Her seascapes are particularly spectacular.'
She is a regular exhibitor at STISA open shows.
media
Painter in oils, plein-air
works and access
Works include: Perfect day St Ives Harbour - (fishermen coming home) (2009) illus W H Lane, Sept 2010; Nare's Head; St Ives View
exhibitions
Group shows:
2001: Guardian Inaugural Exhibition, Whiteleys, Bayswater
2004: WCAA Founding Art Auction, Queen's Hotel (Donor)
2004: 'St Ives - Next Wave', Hutson Gallery, London
2004: The Market House, Marazion
2005: New Craftsman, St Ives
2005: Porthminster Gallery, St Ives
Royal Academy Summer Show : 2006; 2008; 2010
2011: 'The Female Perspective' Group show, Chapel Gallery, Gulval April-May
2016: STISA Spring Open Exhibition (23 Apr-24 May)
2016: STISA Christmas Open Exhibition (26 Nov-3 Jan)
2018: STISA Spring Open Exhibition (28 April-22 May)
Solo shows:
1991: Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
1991: Stockport Art Gallery
1992: Arts Intaglio, Manchester
1994: Blackfriars, Boston
1994: Worcester Arts Workshop - Sea Paintings
2001: Sam Scorers Drury Lane Gallery, Lincoln
2004: Market House, Marazion 'We Love St Ives'
2005: Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
memberships
Manchester Academy of Fine Art
Manchester Artists Studio Association (founder member)
references
W H Lane Sales Cat 23/4/2004 WCAA
W H Lane Sales Cat, 30/9/1010 (illus) & previous sales
Bonhams, Knightsbridge Modern Painters by Emma Corke
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition catalogues 2006, 2008
Guardian 1991 Castlefield Gallery, Manchester Celebratory Paintings by Linda Weir by Robert Clarke
Art Colony in Transition by Peter Davies 2007