{"id":317075,"date":"2022-11-22T08:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=317075"},"modified":"2022-11-22T08:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:21:20","slug":"la-mesa-featured-artist-has-been-student-of-art-all-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/la-mesa-featured-artist-has-been-student-of-art-all-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"La Mesa featured artist has been student of art all her life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Linda Morton has been a student of art all her life. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">After a career teaching law and raising a family, she has devoted her post-retirement years to painting full time. Much of her work is figurative, in acrylic, oil, or a combination of the two. Her colorful, expressive brush strokes with an emphasis on light and shadow comprise a style known as \u201cContemporary Impressionism.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">She has shown her work in several galleries throughout San Diego and has garnered several awards for her paintings. She also teaches painting to beginning students at her studio in La Mesa.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Morton has worked tirelessly for the Foothills Art Association and currently serves as 1st vice president. Her work for Foothills is invaluable.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Morton is honored to be selected as a Featured Artist at Foothills Art Association for December 2022. The title of her show is \u201cWomen in the Light.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">To see more of Morton\u2019s work, visit her website at <a href=\"http:\/\/lindamortonart.com\">lindamortonart.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Bonnie Owen is editor of Footnotes, the monthly newsletter of the Foothills Art Association<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Morton has been a student of art all her life. 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