He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
Resumé - Linda Relis
Education
- 1987: California Art Institute, Calabassas, California
- 1987: Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
- 1986: New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, New York
- 1984-1986: Parsons School of Design, White Plains, New York
- 1982-1984: Reilly League of Artists, White Plains, NY
- 1969-1972: New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY
- 1964-1968: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
- Workshops with nationally and internationally known artists
Selected Group and One Woman Shows
- 2009: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, two person exhibition, Port St. Lucie, Florida
The Wildlife Experience Museum, Colorado Art of the Animal XIV
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT - 2008: 22nd Art Show At The Dog Show, Wichita, KS Audubon Centenial Exhibition, Cultural Court House, Stuart, Florida
- 2007: Nature In Miniature Show, Elsinore Gallery, Salem, Oregon
- 2006: 20th Annual Art Show At The Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Regional Fine Arts Juried Show, Stuart, Florida - 2005:
Commissioned to do a painting for the Hibiscus Children's Center, Jensen Beach, Florida
"Art And The Animal" - Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada - 2005: One Woman Show Florida State Capitol, Cabinet Meeting Room, Tallahassee, FL
- 2004: Miami Metro Zoo (group show), Miami, Florida
- 2003: One Woman Show North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina
- 2002: The Wildlife Experience, Englewood, Colorado
Inaugural Show The Nature Conservancy at Blowing Rocks, Hobe Sound, Florida - 2001: Tri-County TEC Foundation, Juried Calendar Show, Stuart, Florida
Society of Animal Artists "Always Animals", Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
E. Backus Gallery, Ft. Pierce, Florida
14th Annual Art show At the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Society of Animal Artists, Inc., New York, NY - 2000: Tri-County TEC Foundation, Juried Calendar Show, Stuart, Florida
- 1999: Academic Artists Assoc. 49th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, Springfield, Massachusetts
14th Annual Art Show At The Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas - 1998: Charlotte County Art Guild National Juried Show, Punta Gorda, Florida
- 1997: Ballantrae Country Club Fine Art Exhibition, Port St. Lucie, Florida
- 1995: Animals in Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 1994: A.E. Backus Gallery, Ft. Pierce, Florida
- 1989: Los Angeles Audubon Show, Hollywood, California
Membership
- Society of Animal Artists, Inc.
Honors and Awards
- 2006: Art Show At The Dog Show, Wichita, KN, Best Depiction of a Collie.
- 2002: Selected to represent Florida by creating a Christmas ornament for President and Mrs. George W. Bush's White House tree.
- 2001: Finalist, out of almost 13,000 entries submitted to The Artist's Magazine's Annual Wildlife Art competition Best in the Puppy Category, 15th Annual Art show At the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
- 1998: National Juror's Award, Animals in Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 1996: Third Place, Ballantrae County Club Juried Exhibition, Port St. Lucie, Florida
Third Place, St Lucie West Country Club, Port St. Lucie, Florida - 1985: Finalist, The Artist Magazine's Floral Competition
Professional Experience
- 2011: Lecturer to various art groups in Florida
- 2010: Selected to the Citizens Advisory Board for Art in Public Places, Port St. Lucie, Florida
- 1997: Private Art Instructor from 1997 to Present
- 1997: Appointed to the St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs Council, Ft. Pierce, Florida
- 1996-1997: Cover artist, St Lucie West Platinum Pages Phonebook, Port St. Lucie, Florida
- 1995: Art Juror, Treasure Coast Art Associates Fall Show, Ft. Pierce, Florida
- 1995-1996: Founder and President, St. Lucie Professional Arts League, Port St. Lucie, Florida
- 1989-1991: Illustrator, The British Travel Letter, Northridge, California