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linda mary weir, artist St.Ives, born 1949,Manchester. Studies Manchester Polytechnic,Trent Polytechnic,University of Nottingham.Founder member Manchester Artists Studio Association. Exhibited Manchester Sheffield Oldham Stockport Boston Nottingham Lincoln Worcester London Bristol Truro Penzance Marazion Totnes St.Ives .R.A Summer Exhibition 2006,2008.Taught primary - higher education Manchester,Cheshire, Lancashire, Nottingham,Peterborough,Kingston on Hull, Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Scunthorpe,Skegness,Boston,wisbech,Peterborough,Cambourne,St.Ives schools colleges ,art centres and galleries.

Quote from Peter Davies,author of St.Ives Revisited and St.Ives an art colony in transition 2007 in which her work is featured. ‘Through a painterly energy and chromatic intensity..Weir extracts the endless visual poetry and power of the harbour as a working arena and watery car park’

Quote from Robert Clark 'The Guardian' ‘Castlefield Gallery’1990-1 LINDA WEIR………..a show of celebratory paintings by Linda Weir. Cornish Seascapes, Lincolnshire landscapes and domestic interiors are all dissolved into a kaleidoscopic maze of luscious colour.

Weir looks out on the world as if permanently enchanted. Everything from sea spray to living-room wallpaper appears as if encrusted with a wealth of baroque jewels. Impasto touches of typical violet, emerald, turquoise and vermilion are applied with obvious relish. Like Bonnard and Gilman, Weir manages to arrange exquisite colours in lovely visual harmonies while avoiding slipping off into the shallow pleasantries of decoration. Weir's seascapes are particularly spectacular. Their titles, like scudding Clouds, Skipping Waves and Big Crashing Sea, convey the air of unselfconscious delight in the invigorating freshness and wildness of her subjects. She also manages to evoke the dazzling quality of reflected light. These paintings might seduce the eye, but they are far from escapist, nor were their qualities achieved without a struggle. This is joyousness with guts,and demonstration of rare,life affirming creativity……