Linda Sorensen has always known she was meant to be an artist. Primarily self-taught, she was strongly influenced early in her career by renowned wildlife artist and conservationist Robert Bateman.
For more than 50 years, Linda has lived close to the land in the Algonquin Park region. In the 1970s, she stepped away from her professional work to raise her family as part of the back-to-the-land movement. When she returned to painting, she established herself as a prolific, award-winning professional artist and has been working full-time for over 25 years.
Her paintings reflect a deep passion for wilderness and wildlife. Working primarily in oils, Linda paints on location in all seasons. Drawing from her own photography captured during wilderness excursions, she creates large-scale studio works during the winter months. Her art celebrates and advocates for the protection of the natural world.
Linda is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and a member of Artists for Conservation, an international organization celebrating artistic excellence in nature art. Many of her paintings have been featured in their annual hardcover publications. She is also a member of the East Central Ontario Art Association.
Linda is one of three women artists featured in the book Wild Women Painters of the Wilderness (2013). She has participated in the Madawaska Valley Studio Tour for over 25 years and welcomes visitors to her studio-gallery year-round by appointment.
