Education

• 2020s: On-going 3rd year Fine Art courses at Thompson Rivers University BFA
• 2000: 2nd year Drawing, 2nd year Painting,1st year Lithography at Okanagan University College
• 19..: London College of Furniture: Diploma in Art and Design with Honours
• 19..: Chelsea School of Art: pre-diploma year, England
• 19..: Heatherlies School of Fine Art, England

Employment

• 20..: Self employed: Architectural Designer, designing and drafting full working drawings for single family dwellings.
• 1972-19..: Self employed: Romni Wools, importing and retailing raw wool, yarn and dyes in Vancouver and Toronto.
• 19..: Self-employed: Interior Design
• 19..: Design Team Erickson-Massey Architects

Exhibitions

• '23: Coming : Armstrong Public Art Gallery - 2 artists Showing in November.
• '23: Coming : Group Show with SWI -October -Kamloops Arts Council
• '23: Le7 Tmicw - curated- 4 paintings -Salmon Arm Art Gallery
• ''23: SPOT - Members Show - 4 prints ( etching, lino and mono )Salmon Arm Art Gallery
• '23: BLUE - Juried Group Show-Thompson Rivers University Gallery
• '22: Group ( 10 ) Show ,Curated-" In Dialogue with Vivian " -SAAG
• '21: " PULL: Printing in the Time of Covid" -Curated -with 8 members Kamloops Printmakers- SAAG
• '18: Group Show - " Into the Abbys" -TRU Gallery
• '17: Group Show -Curated - " Winter" - SAAG
• '17: Group Show- Curated - " Blue Trail " - SAAG
• '17: Group Show - " Into the Abyss" - TRU Gallery
• '16: SOLO SHOW - " Bodies of Work "- SAAG
• '16: FCA OASIS -Juried Show Kelowna
• '15: 3 PERSON SHOW with LAZULINE -Sky Blue Waters - Revelstoke Public Art Gallery
• '15: GROUP SHOW - Curated - " Trail Mix "- SAAG
• '14: FCA TNSC (three pieces and First Prize) - September
• '14: 3 PERSON SHOW with LAZULINE - " Sky Blue Waters "- Vernon Art Gallery
• '14: GROUP SHOW - Curated - "Peak Year " -SAAG
• '14: FCA TNSC - Juried National Show -
• '14: FCA TNSC - Juried Chapter Show - First Prize
• '14: GROUP SHOW - Curated " SAAG " Book Covers
• '13: FCA TNSC Juried National Show
• '13: FCA TNSC Juried Chapter Show
• '13: FCA Federation Gallery -5 works juried in ( Award of Excellence )
• '12: FCA TNSC Juried Chapter Show
• '12: 3 PERSON SHOW with LAZULINE - "Historiscapes " SAAG
• '12: FCA Federation Gallery - 7 works juried in
• '12: Juried Member's Show - SAAG
• '11: Juried Member's Show - SAAG
• '10: 3 PERSON SHOW with LAZULINE - "Alterscapes"- Gallery at Artisan Square, Bowen Island, BC
• '10: 3 PERSON SHOW with LAZULINE -"Alterscapes"- Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, BC
• '10: Juried Member's Show -SAAG
• '09: Two GROUP SHOWS in private galleries in Salmon Arm
• '08: Two GROUP SHOWS in private galleries in Salmon Arm
• '08: SOLO SHOW - " Painting Mount Ida " SAAG
• '00: 2 PERSON SHOW - "Still Lives, Moving Pictures", with Mike Young, SAAG
• 90s: Various GROUP SHOWS in and around Salmon Arm
• '94: 4 PERSON SHOW - "Private Spaces:"- Vernon Public Art Gallery
• 80's: Various GROUP SHOWS in and around Salmon Arm

Biography

Linda Franklin was born in the Shuswap to a family of landscape painters. She was involved in making art from childhood, at the easel of her grandfather and her uncle. She has studied fine arts in England and Canada and has studied art at UBCO and within the BFA program at TRU.
She had an architectural design studio, now devoted to painting and printmaking. She is a member of Scholars Without Institutions and the Kamloops Printmakers Society.
Linda thinks that whoever said "as boring as watching paint dry" had no understanding of the immense satisfaction of watching a work unfold on the canvas or in the printing press . For her, painting is a wonderous adventure of discovery, using shape, colour and value as her vehicle. The same can be said for printmaking , which she now include in her chosen media.
Linda has been working on themes of wetland restoration, preservation and water quality , all relating to the local Secwpemculecw area.
In 2020 she joined the Kamloops Printmaking Studio to pursue her interest in Copper Plate etching. She learned Lino printing at home during the Covid isolation and continues to explore different forms of printmaking.
She continues to show her work in public galleries.
Linda’s Instagram account is llinda_ffranklin Her website is linda franklin.ca