Artist Statement

About the Artist

Linda Shaffer is an award winning Southern  Texas artist.  Her sense of humor and passion for the abstract can be seen in her sculpture, mixed media work, painting, prints, jewelry, and designs often using recycled materials.   She finds the artistic experience tremendously satisfying and takes inspiration from travel and the joy of living.    She always works in a variety of mediums at one time which satisfies her intense desire to create.  Graduate of GIA’s Graduate Jeweler program, her jewelry is available at Sheldon Gate Jewelry Designs; 3900 Hanapepe Road, Suite #2, Hanapepe, HI and at the Front Porch Gallery located at 2903 Carlsbad Boulevard in Carlsbad,  CA.   She is also the Designer and Owner of Jewelry and Art 54 located in south Texas.   

Juried Shows and Awards

• Front Porch Art Book Juried Show, Carlsbad, May 2011, “Despair”, collobration with Denise Stephenson
• Jewelry Trunk Show, Escondido Municipal Gallery 262 Grand Ave, Escondido, CA, April 9, 2011, 6 to 9 pm, jewelry designs showcased
• Front Porch Juried Show, Carlsbad, CA, March 19th – May 8, 2011, First Place for “Seasons” also showing one of a kind jewelry
• Fish & Fishing Art, Coos Art Museum,  Coos Bay, Oregon, December 2010, Happy Fish Too
• Recycled Art & Fashion Show, Escondido Municipal Gallery, October 2010, jockey.com, biglots.com, loehmans.com
• Figurative Show, Infinity Art Gallery, October 2010, collobration with Denise Stephenson, Prim & Proper, Titallation, Beaten, Implants, Hot & Haughty
• National Cell Phone Photography Exhibition,  Southeastern Louisiana University, September 2010, My Purple Hearts; taken July 2010; Carlsbad, CA;  On The Road; taken August 2010;  On the Interstate in New Mexico;  The Aliens Are Coming; August 2010; San Diego, CA
• Fiber & Book Arts 2010, Escondido , CA, collobration with Denise Stephenson, September 2010, Despair
• International Society of Acrylic Painters, 13 th Annual Show, Santa Cruz, CA, August 2010, Orange Horizon
• Fashion Forward Show , The Micro Gallery, Bakersfield, CA , June 2010, The RAC – Winner
• Del Mar Fair 2010, Fine Art Exhibit, Del Mar, CA, June 2010, Auto Man – Honorable Mention
• The Fiction Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY, May 2010, art book “A million little…kindnesses”
• Exploring the “M” Word, Spring Exhibition UCSD, La Jolla, CA, May 4, 2010, accepted work “Fabulous” and “Kindness #335″
• The 12th Annual POSTCARDS from the EDGE, A Benefit for Visual AIDS,  New York, NY January 8-10, 2010
• The Journey – “A Book About Death” – accepted in the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art, NY)  permanent collection November 2009 

The exhibition has since traveled to the Otis College of Art and Design in LA, and to the Mobius Gallery in Boston, MA, as well as becoming part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the LA County Museum of Art Research Library. The Queens Museum is presenting a selection of cards from the exhibition and are also asking the public, both with mailed submissions and in an artist-led workshop, to create their own postcard about death and add it to the exhibition which runs from November 1 to 15, 2009.

• Jazzercise Corporate Show,  Carlsbad, CA,  October  2009
• 59th Open Juried Fine Arts COAL Award Show, Carlsbad, CA, September 2009
• The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, NY,” A Book About Death”, September 2009
• The Phillips Museum of Art – Lancaster, PA,  ”Salvage Show”, September 2009
• “Little and Large Show”, one of the chosen artists in San Diego county wide show that promotes the Alexander Calder Jewelry Exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art, Escondido, CA
• Del Mar Fair, Del Mar, CA, June 2009 – Honorable Mention for monoprint “Fabulous”.
• “Recycled Fashion Show”, California Center for the Performing Arts Escondido, CA, Dresses April 2009 – 2^nd Place
• 59^th Annual COAL Membership Awards Show, Carlsbad, CA , March 2009 – Print Honorable Mention
• Art with 2 Spoons Show, Painting and Prints, Vista, CA, December 2008
• “Summation 2008″, Escondido Municipal Gallery Show, Acrylic,  December 2008
• “ART Riot”, Escondido Municipal Gallery Show, October 2008 – Recycled Sculpture Honorable Mention
• “Local Color or Basic Black”, Escondido Municipal Gallery Show, Print May 2008
• “Portrait of the Artist”, Escondido Municipal Gallery Show, Recycled Sculpture,  January 2008
• COAL Members Only Show, September 2008 – Graphics First Place
• 58^th Annual Open Fine Art Show, Mixed Media August 2008 – Honorable Mention
• Expressions Gallery, Donna Blanton and Linda Shaffer, Jewelry & Art, July 2008