The spirit of life’s raw beauty and sacrifice is written in these works. Upon a foundation of grids, patterns and graphite mark making; processes, ideas and visual references are recorded. Disarray and decay become an iconic gaze at life’s mystery when laid upon this framework. The works revel in a place where traces of love, faith and hope intermingle with signs of war, deprivation and yearning. Life’s song is held within layer after layer of chipping, bubbled, peeling paint.
Artist Bio
Natalie Linstrom has shown extensively in Omaha, Lincoln and greater Nebraska. Farther afield, her work has been exhibited as part of The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in London, England, and included in group shows in New York City and Fort Worth, Texas. Her work is part of public and private collections in Omaha, St. Louis, London, New York City, Kansas City, Denver and Phoenix. Linstrom served as the Community Arts Program Director for the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts from 2004 to April of 2008. She is pursuing her art full time and currently resides in Omaha, NE.
