LINDA KOLLACKS
PORTRAIT SPECIALIST in OIL and PASTEL
LANDSCAPE AND STILL LIFE in OIL and WATERCOLOR
Portraits, rich in impressionistic color with a lively adaptation of the human face and form, convey the spirit of the subject not just the likeness. The style is representational, yet with an appealing, unfinished quality.
NOTABLE AWARDS
2004 Lake County Art League Spring Member Show – Best of Show
2003 Lake County Art League Fall Member Show – First Place
2002 Lake County Art League Fall Member Show – Second Place
2001 Portrait Society of America Int’l Portrait Competition – Certificate of Recognition
2000 Winthrop Harbor Fine Arts Festival – 1st Place in Oils
1999 Winthrop Harbor Fine Arts Festival – 1st Place in Oils and Mayor’s Award
EXHIBITIONS
Illinois
2004 Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA) at Elmhurst Art Museum
2003 Oil Painters of America (OPA) at Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago
2001 Solo show at Discovery Museum, Wauconda (Lake County)
Wisconsin
2004 Oil Painters of America at Barnsite Gallery, Kewaunee
Brussels, Belgium (Europe)
1992-97 Three solo shows at the American Women’s Club of Brussels
PERMANENT DISPLAYS
Kankakee, Illinois – Kankakee Community College
Oil Painting purchase award, “Long Distance Runner”
Waterloo, Belgium – Hotel 1815
Sixteen oil portraits of prominent military leaders from the Battle of Waterloo
Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium – Christian Center Church
Oil painting incorporating forty-eight portraits of biblically historic and present day church leaders
Brussels, Belgium – SAS Royal Hotel
Oil portrait of the late Baudouin, King of the Belgians, and Queen Fabiola
PUBLICATIONS
Lake County and its Arts – Vol. VII, Issue 5, Oct./Nov. ’03, (p. 4 and cover)
International Artist – Issue 24, April/May, ’02 (p. 38); also, Issue 34, Dec/Jan, ’04 (p. 38)
REPRESENTATION
Sister Bay, Wisconsin (Door County) – Champeau Pioneer Gallery
Lake Forest, Illinois – Portraits Chicago; also, Australian Design
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Portrait Society of America
Oil Painters of America
Transparent Watercolor Society of America
Lake County Art League – Member of the Board
Artists on the Bluff – Lake Bluff, Illinois
ARTISTIC TRAINING
Chicago, Illinois
Scholarship to the Chicago Art Institute based on citywide High School competition
Two years private tutorship under Helen Sowa Flynn, successful Chicago artist
Brussels, Belgium
Studio work with Belgian artist, Pierre Heymans, former professor of art at Universite de Bruxelles
Plein air painting with Brussels Impressionist, Andre Turner
1870 S. Falcon Drive, Libertyville, IL 60048 (847) 680-6334
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