Linda Armacost is a wax/mixed media artist based in Frederick, Colorado.  Following a professional healthcare career in emergency medical services & integrative medicine, she leaned into creative yearnings & discovered the astonishments(!) of painting with wax mediums & oil pigments…an age-old artform. Fascinated by the immersive, tactile nature of working with wax - - & captivated by all things weathered, distressed, organic, industrial & textured…. she enrolled in formal instructional offerings & continues to learn & paint.

 

At present, Linda builds abstract wax paintings using both encaustic & cold wax medium techniques.  Hand-pulled prints she creates on absorbent papers are often applied to the cradleboard substrate & inform her paintings. Repeated layers of waxed paint application and removal invite further texturing, marking & enhancement with tools, re-purposed objects, heat, powders, punctures, oil/solvent washes, foils, sand, fire ash & more recently, the occasional scavenged treasure. 

 

An Ohio native, Linda has called Colorado “home” since 1978.  She holds memberships with Colorado’s Foothills Art Center, Art Students League of Denver and the international Cold Wax Academy. When not experimenting with wax & oils, Linda & her husband, Michael, enjoy roaming art venues with their discriminating French bulldog, Groot.