Linda Fogg – Visual Artist

Studio: 4 Fir Court, Atikokan, ON
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1005, Atikokan, ON P0T 1C0
Phone: (807)597-6017 Fax: Same, phone first
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Linda Fogg (nee Sawdo) was born in Atikokan, Ontario, and spent her earliest years on Sanford Lake where her parents owned a fishing camp. When Linda was 8, the family moved to Crystal Lake, a beautiful, clear water lake located about 30 km. east of Atikokan. She attended public school and high school in Atikokan.

Linda, who is largely a self-taught artist, began painting at the age of 13 when her parents gave her a set of oil paints for Christmas. At 14 she won a sponsorship from the Atikokan Lions Club to attend an art course at the Quetico Arts Training Centre located at Eva Lake, Ontario. She eventually took additional art courses at the Centre, and later in her career, attended workshops elsewhere when the opportunities arose. She learns from others by spending a lot of her free time going to galleries and reading books and articles on art techniques and styles.

Linda’s early life in the outdoors of northwestern Ontario imbued her with a deep and abiding appreciation of nature. Her deep spiritual attachment to the land and wildlife is evident in her magnificent paintings. Wildlife is the primary theme in her work. Particularly compelling are her paintings of wolves.

Linda’s appreciation of nature and her ability to portray her feelings for the land and wildlife continue to grow.

However, while nature and wildlife have been her main interests, Linda has also realized that to be successful as a professional artist, she has to be versatile. She is equally at home doing still lives, rural farm scenes, harbors, and scenes depicting forestry logging operations. In addition, she is capable of producing very fine and sensitive portraits.

Most of Linda’s work is done in the medium of acrylics. She handles her acrylics almost like watercolors, working in washes with lots of layering and wiping the surface. She says, “Since I am basically self-taught, I tend to explore and invent my own rules. The effects can be very interesting. I tend to pay less attention to realistic detail, and spend more effort on creating the mood.” She has also worked in oils in the past and still does so from time to time when she really wants to ‘work the brushes and feel the canvas.”

Watercolor painting is another medium that Linda enjoys, often painting them on site, or in artist’s parlance, en plein air. Watercolors are a very spontaneous medium and one is never quite sure how a painting is going to turn out. She works in a small format and usually completes a painting in less than an hour. Often the watercolors turn out to be little jewels, works of art in their own right, uniquely capturing a fleeting moment or feeling. Many of them are also used as studies for later paintings.

Many people believe that the artistic processes that influence and guide an artist are mystical, and while Linda concedes that painting is the ultimate form of self-expression for her, it still requires a lot a plain hard work and self-discipline. In her words, “Discipline is the key to becoming an artist…The inspiration comes later.”

After an absence of many years, Linda has returned to Atikokan to be in the area that has been the wellspring and inspiration for much of her artistic endeavors.

Linda Fogg – Visual Artist

Education/Experience

Design Basics for Visual Media	Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB	1996
Applied Watercolor Theory	Frank Haddock, Edson, AB	1996
Drawing	Quetico Arts Training Centre, Eva Lake, ON	1966
Oil Painting	Quetico Arts Training Centre, Eva Lake, ON	1965
Painting	Quetico Arts Training Centre, Eva Lake, ON	1964

Linda is primarily a self-taught artist who began painting at the age of 13. Over the course of her career she has participated in professional collaborations with the following artists. These collaborations have served to further develop her knowledge of art and painting techniques.
Ms. Barb Brooks, Master watercolorist, Jasper, AB
Ms. Brenda Malkinson, University of Alberta art professor

Solo Exhibitions Recent Impages Pictograph Gallery 2008

Wildlife Images	Pictograph Gallery, Atikokan, ON	2005
Northern Jewels	Pictograph Gallery, Atikokan, ON	2003
Northern Jewels	Pictograph Gallery	2001
Mid Winter Art Show	Wild Rose Art Gallery, Carrot Creek, AB	1996
Reflections print release	Imaxe Gallery, West Edmonton Mall, AB	1995
Mid Winter Art Show	Wild Rose Art Gallery, Carrot Creek, AB	1995
Dryden Historical Museum	Dryden, ON	1995
Request of the Brides Family	Ear Falls, ON	1995
Private Showing	Calgary, AB	1995
Private Showing	Winnipeg, MB	1995
	Valley Gallery, Drayton Valley, AB	1994
	Snowbird Gallery, WEM, Edmonton, AB	1994
Town Reunion	Ear Falls, ON	1994
	Pictograph Gallery, Atikokan, ON	1993
	Red Brick Arts Centre, Edson, AB	1993

Group Exhibitions

	Pictograph Group Show, Atikokan, ON	2003
	Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB	2000
	Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB	1999
	Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB	1998
	Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB	1997
Native Canadian Artists by Invitation of NATO	Lahr, Germany	1996
	Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB	1996
	Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB	1994
	Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB	1993

Linda Fogg – Visual Artist

Collections

Linda has her painting in numerous private, corporate, and institutional collections across Canada, and as far away as Scotland and Switzerland. The following is a partial list of collections.

Ms. Norma Necan, Fort Frances, ON

Ms. Joyce Gouliquer, Atikokan, ON
Mr. Douglas Waldie, Kingston, ON
Richard & Judy Hanzel, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ted & Eleanor Hollander, Chicago, Illinois
Blake & Lori Rice, Minneapolis, MN
MacDonald’s Restaurant, Hinton, AB
Atikokan Historical Museum, Atikokan, ON
Lobo Music Inc., Edmonton, AB
J. Fedema (Realtor), AB
Twentieth Century Carpet Cleaning, Edmonton, AB
Regional Logging Industries (1979) Ltd., Dryden, ON
Commodore Hotel, Edson, AB
Yellowhead Wood Products Inc., AB
Stanford Inn, Grande Prairie, AB
James Brown Law Office, Edmonton, AB
Edson Friendship Centre, Edson, AB
Arlene Sawdo, AB
Allan Sawdo & Sherry Sheridan, Dryden, ON
Jill & Barry Warwa, Fort St. John, B.C.
Louis Sawdo, Ear Falls, ON
Vera Kennard, N.B.
Elaine Salmen, Edson, AB
Ernie O’s Restaurant, Edson, AB
Art & Diane Peyton, AB
Gwen Olson, Edson, AB
Brian & Denise Keyes, Niton Jct., AB
Cherie Wiebe, Calgary, AB
Michel & Tanya Bye, Winnipeg, MB
Jean Sawdo, Atikokan, ON
Valmond & Gynette Chiasson, Toronto, ON
Ian & Betty Thomas, Scotland
Marlene Trittenbach, Switzerland

Awards and honors

• 9 Original Lakescape Acrylic paintings purchased by Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation for presentation to members of their Board of Directors, January 2008
• Directed wildlife murals on side of Friendship Centre Building, Atikokan, Summer 2004, murals still in progress, completion Summer 2006
• Painting purchased by Northern Ontario Tourism Organization for presentation to a retiring President of NOTO, December 2000
• Commissioned by Mr. Peter Johnner, proprietor of PackRat Louis Restaurant, Edmonton, AB, to create and produce four large ceiling murals for the restaurant, 1999
• One of ten Aboriginal business owners from across Canada selected by Aboriginal Business Canada in Edmonton, to attend international meeting and trade shows in Paris, France and Milan, Italy, to promote Aboriginals artists and their artwork, 1997
• Painting purchased by Miller Western Inc., Whitecourt, AB, for donation to Trappers Association, 1995 and 1996
• Painting purchased by Floyd Becker, Jr., Edson, AB, for donation to Kinsmen’s Club 1994, 1995, and 1996
• Painting chosen by Lobo Music Inc., Edmonton, AB, for company logo, 1995
• Painting purchased by Carrot Creek Community Association, Carrot Creek, AB, for charity raffle, 1995, 1996
• Painting purchased by Edson Fine Arts Society, Edson, AB, for raffle, 1993
• Artwork featured in the Canadian Art Buyers Guide, Oct.-Nov. 1994

Memberships

Federation of Canadian Artists – Edmonton Chapter – active status
Edson Fine Arts Society – member 1991 to 2000; Vice President 1997, 1998; President 1999, 2000

Publishers

Prairie Fine Arts Publishing, Sherwood Park, AB
Imaxe Publishers, Edmonton, AB
Kennard Originals, Edson, AB