Painting

Fiber Art

Archived Work

Painting

Fiber Art

Contact Information

1808 Harvey Road
Wilmington, DE 19810
tel: 302-478-1329
e-mail:
www.lindacelestian.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

My work is influenced by the beauty and life force of natural elements. I am inspired by the dynamism of nature. Nature is alive and constantly changing, seamlessly moving from states of tranquility to overwhelming power. These are qualities I strive for in my work.

I work with paint in its fluid form inspired by, aerial photography, the ocean, lakes of my childhood, and the creek in my neighborhood. I’m in partnership with the laws of nature. I allow the paint to run and puddle forming river like patterns that emulate the earth’s surface. The correlation between these imaginary waterways and our own circulatory system illustrates the connection between earth and mankind.

Education

1983 – 1988
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Fashion Design
Post-Graduate Study in Painting and Sculpture

Grants

2003
Delaware Division of the Arts, Artist in Residence, Wilmington Montessori School, Wilmington, DE

2002
Delaware Division of the Arts, Artist-in-Residence, Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Wilmington, DE

Selected Exhibitions

Solo
2011
Outpouring, Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Waterways, Hatch Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2008
Annual Arden Fair, Arden, DE

2005
Bloomsberry Flowers, Wilmington, DE

Buzz Ware Village Center, Arden, DE

2004
Annual Arden Fair, Arden, DE

2003
Rockland Mill Stone and Tile Inc., Wilmington, DE

2000
Movable Feast, Wilmington, DE

1995
Members’ Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Group

2011
RSVP 2, LGTripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational

Community Exhibit, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010
National Small Works Painting, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
Jurors: Mariann Loveland, Roger Smith

NEW:Members’ Juried Exhibition, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Juror: Roberta Fallon

2009
On the Fringe of Fiber, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: K. Pannepacker

The Possibilities of Pause, Delaware Art Musuem, Wilmington, DE
Juror: Carina Evangelista

2008
Hatch Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
Juror: Robert P. Metzger

Hatch Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2007
Hatch Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2006
Hatch Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2002
Hardcastle’s Gallery Wilmington, DE
Juried Exhibition, Award Winner

1998
Markiem Art Center, Haddonfield, NJ