Linda Welsch's Art Page

Please click on the painting to view it at a larger size	Linda Hotovy Welsch - Linda Hotovy was born in rural Nebraska in 1954. Early influences were deeply rooted in a Catholic, working class section of Lincoln, Nebraska. No art classes were available but in religious training the illustrations of Biblical punishment and redemption held a particular fascination for the young student. She found comfort and solitude in sketching. Hotovy-Welsch started painting in the early 1990's when she studied painting and drawing at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Today she lives and works with her husband Roger on their farm in central Nebraska.
Above is an oil sketch of my studio. It's a little house we moved in from town. It's cold in the Winter, hot in the Summer and has no phone, no TV, no computer and only limited visitors. My studio is now officially "closed" to the public. The only way you reach the inner sanctum is to be a model! I work here everyday. I come to draw and paint and think and enjoy the company of the art spirit. Rog works at his computer in his office daily. You can always write to me in care of him. I love to hear the screen door slam and see Rog with a bunch of printed computer messages for me. It is terribly gratifying to receive such nice comments about my cyberspace gallery, especially, from across the country.
A special Thank You to the folks at Successful Farming for hosting my cyber-gallery. They will help me keep you current on upcoming exhibits and new work. They've been a blessing in our lives.

Current work Please click on any of the paintings to view them at a larger size.
"No flour, no sugar diet" oil painting, 12" x 16", 2005.	"Lone wolf reproduction" after "Night on the Volga" oil painting, 16" x 20", 2005.	"Young Danish girl" oil on wood, 16" x 20", 2005.
Beef Torrey, figure study oil 30 x 40"	Study of Josephine oil 36 x 60"	The General. oil on canvas 24" x 30" Painting from the private collection of Beef Torrey. Book about Jim Harrison, written by Patrick Smith, published by Michigan State University Press.
Beef Torrey oil 16" x 20"	Artist -- Keith Lowry oil, 24" x 36"	Mick black and white oil, 30" x 40"
Other work Please click on any of the paintings below to view them at a larger size.
Summer reading oil, 24" x 36"	Artist's open house oil, 25" x 30"	Self-portrait at 28 charcoal, 22" x 33"
Woman brushing hair #1 pastel, 10" x 19"	Woman brushing hair #2 pastel, 11" x 20"	Evening before bed oil, 24" x 36"
Untitled Antonia oil, 24" x 30"	Room without a view oil, 30" x 40"	Starting over oil, 30" x 40"
Woman reading oil, 14" x 18"	Home on leave oil, 30" x 40"	Study in blue green oil, 24" x 30"
Brothers and sisters oil, 30" x 40"	Speaker up next oil, 24" x 30"	Flowers girls, summer wedding oil, 24" x 36" Private Collection-Hornady-David
Unfinished girl oil, 30" x 40"	Man and woman studies oil, each 18" x 24"	Spring time oil, 24" x 30"
Roger in umber oil, 14" x 18"	Love seat oil, 32" x 42"	Roger study oil, 14" x 18"
Brown dog oil, 18" x 24"	Druggie nude watercolor and ink, 18" x 24"	CBS cameraman oil, 24" x 36"
John Neihardt oil, 24" x 30"		Farm wife oil, 16" x 20"



Opaque tights		Dress shoes
I hope you've enjoyed this glimpse of my gallery. I literally have hundreds of paintings, drawings and sketches to show. I do hope to see you at one of my exhibits. If you are touched by a work or would like to contact me, you can do so through Roger or Successful Farming. For now, I'll be in my studio.