Linda Yoshizawa was born and grew up in Los Angeles. She attended Pomona College in Claremont, California from where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art. Linda is a member of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society and the California Society of Printmakers. The artist currently shows her art at Andrea Schwartz Gallery and Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek in San Francisco. Her art is represented by Reynolds Fine Art in New Haven in Connecticut. Quite a number of her prints were recently purchased by many esteemed clients and can be seen hanging on their walls. Her monotypes reflect her American-Japanese identity. The artist uses printmaking ink which is water- soluble and which she applies using a roller over a thin line drawing of oil on a sheet of plexi-glass.
She places paper over the ink and then runs it through a press. This results in a print with repeating negative and positive images. Each of her finished monotype is a unique piece of art. Linda studied printmaking at the UCLA Extension as well as the Santa Monica City College. She now works on her own in her studio in San Ramon etching press. She enjoys working in her studio because it gives her unlimited freedom to exercise her creativity and to serve her clients better because of the space. Her art is availed in many art stores in a variety of finishing options. This is to increase the collectability of her art – this has been working so positively.
