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Linda Cordner is an American painter who works on encaustic painting. Cordner is influenced by American contemporary artist Jasper Johns.

Work
Linda Cordner grew up in Connecticut, received her B.A. in Fine Art in design and painting from University of Connecticut. Cordner went to London to study art and worked on commercial graphic design until she was drawn to encaustic. "Encaustic, which is pigment suspended in beeswax, is the perfect substance to convey the ethereal qualities of the landscape and atmosphere that are depicted in my paintings. The handling and viscosity of the wax are very different from other painting techniques leading to experimental ways of working on the paintings. My work is done by layering multiple coats of translucent wax, building them up until I have achieved the depth and feeling that I want in the painting."

- Linda Cordner.

She applies heated wax into her work so as to produce transparent painting. Her artwork deepen the colors by adding multiple layers, patterns, and lines to compose form of organic. Julie Mussafer, owner of Jules Place in Boston reviews “Linda’s paintings are rich in color and elegantly minimal. They have a soothing translucency that draws the viewer below the surface.” Cordner belongs to New England Wax and attends International Encaustic Conference.

Publication

 * "Linda Cordner encaustic painting", 2012
 * "Roessler Glass 2013", 2013