September 2005

Thomas Features Linda Murray as Artist of the Month

            Thomas is featuring the surreal and abstract watercolors of Linda Murray in its art gallery during the month of September.

             Murray, of Bath, has more than 20 years experience with mediums such as watercolor, oil, acrylic, gouache and collage. Her paintings are held in many private collections throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. Some of the venues that have shown her work are: The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset, The Chamber of the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, The Chocolate Church in Bath, and the Allander Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland.

            Murray is a current member and former executive director of the Kennebec Valley Art Association in Hallowell. She teaches art privately and has also taught courses for the Gardiner Adult Education Program. In addition, she has served as juror for the Maine Arts Commission and is the former owner of Wallscapes, Etc., a mural painting company.

            She played a key role in bringing the Arts of the Parks national traveling art exhibition to the University of Maine. Murray received the Charles E. Gordon Award from the University of Maine, and was recognized for her volunteer work as a Spirit of America Unsung Hero. Murray holds a bachelor’s in studio art form the University of Maine at Augusta.

            Murray’s work is on display in the College’s art gallery in its administration building at 180 West River Road in Waterville. The gallery is open to the public Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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