Linda Pullinsi

Linda Pullinsi is a Phoenix artist who is currently obsessed with painting landscapes en Plein air. Most of her work is painted directly from life, and that involves actually bringing the easel and supplies outside hiking and painting in all kinds of state and national parks. Arizona has so much beauty and diversity, so many exciting compositions and beautiful weather. Pullinsi's paintings are created in multiple layers of luminous oils. Ms Pullinsi is also known for her brilliant, archival watercolors.

An encouraging teacher, she is a popular instructor of both children and adults. Her positive nature helps corporate groups to free their creative spirit and express themselves with paint, wonderful for team building! Linda also leads small art retreats to beautiful locations throughout the Southwest.

Ms. Pullinsi has taught art for several years including running her own art school and teaching at Paradise Valley Community College. She currently teaches at Scottsdale Artists' School. Linda has been a volunteer with Free Arts of Arizona for the past twenty five years sharing the healing efects of the arts with abused and neglected children and was voted Volunteer of the Year for 2006. She was awarded a Governor's Service Award in 2011 for being an outstanding mentor. More recently, Free Arts awarded her a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.

Linda has received numerous awards and her work has been featured in Redbook Magazine, Arizona Foothills Trendsetters, Phoenix Magazine and in the Arizona Republic. In 2019 she won 1st place at the OPA Paint Out in Sedona. Her works of art are in corporate collections throughout the United States and in private collections throughout the world. She currently has a studio at Cattletrack Arts Compound