PASTELS detail, "Water" , from The Elements. SOLD Pastels were my primary medium for many years. Working with soft pastel sticks is a natural extension of my fingers into the realm of pure pigment. I am much more enamored of the sticks as they wear down to tiny stubs of color, working together with my hands in a rhythm of sweeping, smearing and staccato motions. Even when applying oil paints, I'll often put the paintbrush aside - leaving fingerprints, scratches and the mark of my hand in the pools of color on the canvas. This is a sampling of pastels from over the years. Sizes listed are image size, without frame dimensions. Some are now available as fine art prints . Linda H. Post Learning To Fly Into The Night River Secret Garden Cape Light Swimmers In The River Air and Water Wake Float "Learning To Fly" is a pastel, 50" x 36", set over the Connecticut River. It was one of my first forays into a visual expression of the cusp between childhood and adolescence, and one of the largest pieces in this extensive series of airborne figures. SOLD Available as a limited edition print. In "Into The Night River", the boat is the psychological "bridge" between air and water, conscious and unconscious. A dreamer leaves the boat, floating through the air into the water. The boatman is her anchor, her refuge. The sky is on the cusp of night and day. 25" x 50". SOLD "Air and Water" is a pastel triptych, 30" x 56". The diver/flyer is a self-portrait, one of many painted over the years. The deep blue water is turbulent, plants shoot into the air and the seabird heads for the safety of the sky. A birds-eye view of the Connecticut River is the setting for "Wake", which is 48" x 38". Tumbling through the air, the main figure is watched by a swimmer, a boater, and a bird carrying a dreamer. The man and woman float among water lilies and swimming koi, making their way though a liquid garden path. The woman is serene, the man watchful. "Secret Garden" is 30" x 22". In "Cape Light" I experimented with applying pastels to a solid gesso panel, then adding varnish to create a matte textured surface that could be framed without glass. 20" x 24". "Swimmers in the River", 50" x 36", is from the same series as "Into The Night River". The surreal setting is actually the Connecticut River, which possesses a wonderful rounded island that I passed every day on my way to my Holyoke, MA studio. SOLD "Float" depicts a whirlpool, drawing fish and swimmers into its vortex. It consists of six panels, all pastel over monotype on Arches Cover paper. Each panel is 28" x 24". Available as limited edition prints as a set or as separate prints. Water II This is the second version of "Water", pictured on top of this page. It was commissioned by a collector when the first one sold. All are self-portraits, and part of The Elements series of pastels, each one 50" x 42". SOLD Available as a limited edition print. Earth "Earth" is a 50" x 42" pastel, one of the self-portraits that make up The Elements . The trees and grass envelope the figure, almost caressing her. Each of the works in this series portrays a total immersion into one of the Elements: Earth, Air, Water, Fire. Available as a limited edition print. BACK TO PORTFOLIO

LEAPS AND BOUNDS Dance has always intrigued me. I work to music, and the placement of figures in each painting is a kind of visual and psychological choreography. In this series, the dancers begin in interior rooms, then leap and soar through the air. The airborne figures have a birds-eye view of cloud formations, wildly patterned fields, mountains, and rivers. Some land in the sea, or revel on hillsides in a tour-de-force dance of life. Flying Blind Over the Heartland Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Add to Cart Benediction Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Add to Cart Night Dancers Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Add to Cart Solstice Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Add to Cart Learning To Fly Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Add to Cart Air (from The Elements) Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Add to Cart RETURN TO SHOP ALL PRINTS

MORE PAINTINGS detail, "Fire on the Beach", 14" x 11" Most of the settings of my paintings are places of reflection and contemplation. I have always felt the ocean to be a magical place. I am stirred by the sea’s endless sky, the perfect light, the gentle dunes, and the ancient stone pathways and walls that crisscross New England coastlines. Linda H. Post A Gathering Storm Listen to the Sea Deceptive Waters Chappaquiddick In the Cool Blue of the Day Perfect Light This very horizontal wood panel was given to me by a fellow artist, and I puzzled over my composition for quite a while. "Listen to the Sea" is 24" x 12", a paean to the end of a long summer's day by the ocean. SOLD This girl walks alone, slipping on a tee shirt as the day cools down. This painting is a cross between my printmaking and painting styles, looser and more spontaneous. "In the Cool Blue of the Day" is 11" x 14", oil on wood panel. SOLD "Deceptive Waters" is 30" x 24", oil on panel. The glowing, tranquil seascape is a composite of Bass River and Mayflower Beach on Cape Cod, lit by the setting sun. This was the first painting that featured the striped tents of Chappaquiddick, hence its title. An eerie light casts the long shadows of late afternoon. A storm is brewing on the horizon. "Chappaquiddick" is oil on wood panel, 30" x 24". This lighthouse at the end of the long stone jetty actually exists in Rockland, Maine. The body language of both figures in "A Gathering Storm" expresses the attitudes of adolescence. The painting is a 24" x 30" oil on panel. A family on a summer's day at the edge of the sea is caught in an iconic snapshot moment. "Perfect Light" is a small oil on wood, 11" x 14". BACK TO NEW PAINTINGS PASTELS MONOTYPES

RESUME BORN: Fall River, Massachusetts EDUCATION: B.A. University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. SOLO EXHIBITIONS: ​2021-22: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA. "A View from the Mezzanine". 2019: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA. "The Willing Suspension of Disbelief" 2017: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA. "Sirens" 2016: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA 2008: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA 2000: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA 1995: Coppelman Gallery, East Dennis, MA 1995: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA. 1991: Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA. 1991: R. Michelson Gallery, Amherst, MA. 1989: R. Michelson Gallery, Amherst, MA. 1988: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA. 1987: Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY. 1985: R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA. 1984: Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY. 1984: DuPont Gallery, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA. 1983: Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1983: A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA. Included in the Lunar Codex: A Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Launched to the Moon. PoetsArtists Issue #37, Linda Post, Featured Artist. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2024: “Conversation”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, Miami & Artsy.net 2024: "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?", Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA 2024: "Frozen Dreams and Abstract Realities: Winter's Dual Nature", National Assn. of Women Artists 2024: "Girl Art Now", Hera Gallery, Kingston, RI. 2024: "W A T E R", 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL & Artsy.com 2024, 2023: "Annual Juried Ex hibition", Danforth Art M useum, Framingham, MA 2 023: “Nor’Easter”, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT: Visitors Choice Award 2023: "Won der Woman", 33 Contemporary Gallery on Artsy.com 202 3 : "In Tan dem", Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 2023: “We’ve Been Around Forever”, Cotuit Center for the Arts Gallery, Cotuit, MA 2023: “M O (U) R N I N G”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL & Artsy.com 2023: "Pushing Forward, Reaching Back", Brookgreen Garden s Museum, SC. American Women Artists Annual Exhibition. 2022: New York, N Y. 133rd Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists. One Art Space 2022, 2023: "Small Works", National Association of Women Artists. Juried online exhibition. 2019: "Curating t he Contemporary", Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA 2017: "Seeing Ourselves:Self Portraits by 50 Women Artists", APE Gallery, Northampton, MA 2015: SCOPE Art Fair, SeeMe digital display, Miami Beach, FL, The Voice Of The Artist 2012: "Recent Acquisitions", Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA 2010: “Amherst Art Biennial”, curated exhibit of 40 regional artists. 2010: Drawing Dreams Foundation, online art gallery. Invitational. 2006 -– 2008: “Coming of Age”, a national traveling portfolio of 30 monotypes curated by Joann Moser, National Museum of American Art. 2007: “Monotype Guild Juried Show”. Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH. First Prize 2006: “National Prize Show”. Cambridge Art Assn., Cambridge, MA. Curated by Cheryl Brutvan, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 2006: Pastel Society of America, 34th Annual Juried Exhibition. New York, NY 2006: “Methods in Monotype”. Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA.First Prize. Juried by Miklos Pogany. 2005: “Kick Off Your Bra!” Show for the Breast Form Fund. Northampton, MA 2005, 2004: “Art With Heart: A Benefit”. R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA 2004: “Art Outside the Box”. R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA 2004: “WGBY Collection”. WGBY Gallery, Springfield, MA 2001: “Black & White”: Williston Academy Art Gallery, Easthampton, MA 1998: “Figure and Fantasy”: Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 1997: “Valley Self-Portraits”: Hart Gallery, Northampton, MA 1995: "For the Birds": Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA 1994: "Varied Visions: Interpretations of the Landscape". Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, FL. 1994: "New Talent". Chase Gallery, Boston, MA. 1992: "Return of the Goddess". R. Michelson Gallery, Amherst, MA. 1990: "Salon 1990: The Human Figure In New Painting And Sculpture." New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.: invitational show. BACK TO BIO Linda Post with "The Procession of Hope and Feathers" on view at R. Michelson Galleries 1990: "Nancy Graves Chooses: Works On Paper", Artspace, New Haven,CT. 1990: Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA. Strathmore Paper Award. 1989: "Women By Women", R. Michelson Gallery, Northampton, MA.: invitational 1988: "Explorations", Clark Whitney Gallery, Lenox, MA.: three-person invitational show. 1987: "Art For Your Collection", RISD Museum, Providence, RI.: invitational show. 1987: "Pastel Show", Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA.: invitational show. 1987: "Boston Printmakers National", Danforth Museum, Framingham, 1986: "36/86", Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA.: invitational show. 1986: "Monotypes, The Painterly Print", Catskill Gallery, Catskill, NY. Sponsored by the New York Council on the Arts. 1986: Clark Whitney Gallery, Lenox, MA. 1985: Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.1985: "Local Color/New Faces", Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA. 1985: "Valley Women Artists", Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.: juried by Barbara Haskell, Whitney Museum Curator. 1985: "Boston Printmakers National", Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA. 1984, 1985, 1986: Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA. 1984: "Northampton Printmakers", University of Mass. Medical Center, Amherst, MA 1983: "Annual Boston Drawing Show", Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. 1983: Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA: Donald Reichert Memorial Award. 1982, 1983, 1984: "Gallery Artists", Gallery at 24, Miami, FL. 1982, 1983, 1984: "Gallery Artists", Stavaridis Gallery, Boston, MA. 1982: "Self-Portraits", Pratt Gallery, Amherst, MA. 1982: Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York, NY. 1981: "Combinations", Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA. and Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, NH. 1980: "Valley Women Artists", Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.: juried by Grace Glueck. 1979: "Art Feminie", Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, juried by Lucy Lippard.

PAINTINGS The women and girls in my paintings live in the seascapes of my childhood, colored by my memories. Almost all of the paintings on this page feature companion birds. Much of the recent work depicts figures that are life-sized or larger. The viewpoint is often just outside the picture plane – one more step and you are inside. Read about the creative process of much of my work in my online journal . Many of these paintings can be purchased as signed, limited edition fine art prints . Linda H. Post Stretching "The Willing Suspension of Disbelief" I have included birds in my work for a long time. They can act as a major character in the narrative, like this talking seagull. The conjunction of women and birds evokes an especially vivid dream. Birds are sometimes companions, other times avatars of change, growth, or escape. "Speaking the Language of Birds" is 75" x 48", oil on linen. The woman in the foreground exudes both serenity and power. At 72" high by 84" wide, the scale of "Sirens" is larger than life, giving the sense that one could walk right into the world depicted in this painting. The vivid red began as the underpainting to a blue sky, but the cadmium set off the figures so brilliantly that the red became permanent. The two adolescent girls in “Birdwatchers of Chappaquiddick” are very present and watchful, in every sense of the word. The salt grasses and sand dunes leading to the sea hold mystery and adventure beyond their stone wall. One bird is safely cradled while the other, flying from the open sea beyond, alights on the wall. 76" x 31", oil on linen. The Willing Suspension of Disbelief Speaking The Language of Birds Sirens Birdwatchers of Chappaquiddick The Raven's Gift Tempest The young woman on the right, leaning against the fence, is the anchor in reality for this piece. I think of the girl in the tutu cradling a seagull as an apparition, along with the glowing tents. After I stretched this painting, I re-imagined and repainted all of the tents. To see its progress, read my blog posts, starting here. 72" x 53", oil on linen. The raven in this painting is a bearer of gifts. In mythology, the raven signifies magic, prophecy and good luck - and is often the bearer of messages from the gods to the mortal world. The volume and expression of the figure's hands and arms were integral to this painting. The contrast between the warmth of her flesh and the deep, cool background color created a wonderfully three-dimensional composition. Oil on canvas, 30" x 40". The young girl stands her ground, gazing up at the menacing yellow sky, the black clouds, the swirling twisters. The striped tents have come untethered and are caught up in the maelstrom. Is it a dream? "Tempest" is an oil on panel, 36" x 24". MORE PAINTINGS

NEW PAINTINGS "The Procession of Hope and Feathers" spent two months hanging on the mezzanine of R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, MA - and two years from concept to execution. The title of this painting was inspired by a poem by Emily Dickinson, who spent her life in Amherst, Massachusetts - just a few miles from where I live. The enormous stretcher - 132" x 68" - was built by Twin Brooks in Maine. “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - - Emily Dickinson FOLLOW MY JOURNAL Post with Procession in the gallery Four figures and four birds unscroll across an eleven-foot expanse of blue sky and green meadow. Two striped tents anchor the left edge, while a figure with a winged helmet perches on the railing of an elaborate gazebo. The Procession of Hope and Feathers , oil on linen, 131" x 68". Price on request. ​ A preliminary painting of one of the figures in the mural-sized piece, this masked girl precedes the masked world that followed. Hope and Feathers , oil on cradled wood panel, 12" x 12". $2,300 There is a meditative quality to this painting. The warmth of the sunlight, the soaring birds, the billowy clouds, the dancer's pose. This one features the girl in the red tutu from The Procession of Hope and Feathers , prehistoric-looking pelicans and Monkey Island in Guanacaste, oddly shaped like the head of a gorilla or monkey. 16" x 16", oil on wood panel. Winner of the Visitors Choice Award at the New Britain Museum of American Art. $4,000. More... Costa Rica is a spectacular country, full of natural wonders. The setting is the Pacific Ocean, where mounded islets covered in hairy, gnarly trees are dotted along the coastline. The wood storks of Costa Rica are ominous in appearance but lovely and graceful in flight. Across the Sea of Time is 16" x 16", oil on wood. $4,000. Guanacaste is the title of this painting, an area of Costa Rica that contains coastlines, waterfalls, volcanic pools, and those small islands that captivated my imagination. The ring-necked magpies came to visit every day, landing next to us to talk and ask for food. They are quite large birds, and very striking in appearance. This is a 16" square oil painting on a cradled wood panel. $4,000. I watched a little girl in a sundress race across an expanse of lawn by the sea, and I knew I had to paint her. The inclusion of the striped, peaked tents is a continuation of the theme of a long series of paintings. The title of Life is a Carnival is from a song by The Band. SOLD ​ Soliloquy is the fifth in my series of 16" square oil paintings. The setting is still Guanacaste, Costa Rica, loosely based on a photo I took while sailing into the sunset. The exotic birds are flamingos. (How often do you see a flamingo fly? Usually they seem to spend their time wading.) The harlequin costume is almost as flamboyant as the sunset and the flamingos. $4,000. The Procession of Hope and Feathers Hope and Feathers Across The Sea Of Time Guanacaste Life is a Carnival Soliloquy Fledgling Dance of the Pelicans The last of this series of 16" square oil paintings is Fledgling , featuring Painted Storks. Storks are avatars of good fortune and abundance in mythology and culture. Although a bit clumsy on land, these huge birds glide in flight, soaring effortlessly through the air. It is twilight in Costa Rica, the sky is turning a deep teal, and just a few stars have emerged. $4,000. ​ Sky Blue Pink "The painting arrived yesterday afternoon. I carefully opened it and was delighted. We have been rearranging artwork on our walls, trying to decide where to place it. It brings me joy whenever I look at it, and for that I am grateful." Oil on wood panel. 24" x 24". SOLD Swan Song of the Pink Moon Swan Song of the Pink Moon is the first painting in a new series. Everything is in movement. The dots and stripes of her costume flow as the woman falls in step with the swan. The bird's mate soars overhead, silhouetted against the pink moon. Far away, more birds fill the sky. The pink moon represents optimism for the future, rebirth, and a deep internal focus on every level. 24" x 24", oil on wood panel. $8,500. MORE PAINTINGS CONTACT ME

FLOAT FLOAT is made up of six separate prints that, hung together, make up a swirling underwater world. Each section stands on its own as an individual print, or any combination of prints can be displayed together. Colorful fish (both real and imaginary) move through a mesmerizing whirlpool of blue and green. They swim among coral, sea sponges, and starfish, and in two of the panels they keep company with human swimmers. The original artwork FLOAT is a six-part pastel on paper. Float I (Fairy Wrasse) Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Size Add to Cart Float II (The Dreamer) Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Size Add to Cart Float III (Harlequin Tusk) Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Size Add to Cart Float IV (Moorish Idol) Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Size Add to Cart Float V (French Angelfish) Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Size Add to Cart Float VI (Woman and Starfish) Price From $295.00 Excluding Sales Tax | Free US Shipping Size Add to Cart RETURN TO SHOP ALL PRINTS

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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Jacob's Pillow Dance Theater Mead Art Museum, Amherst College Reader's Digest Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, Flom Salomon Brothers Oppenheimer and Company Equitable Life Assurance Company Collection of the City of Northampton, Massachusetts Hands of the Goddess Press Immerman, Daniel and Fontaine John Drury Assoc., London Snow Farm New England Arts Program Boston Public Library BACK TO BIO "Air", from The Elements . Pastel, 42" x 50". Collection, Hands of the Goddess Press

Paintings range from $1,800 to $60,000 Pastels from $1,200 to $12,000 Monotypes from $500 to $1,350 Fine art prints available from $145 For more information or pricing of a particular work, contact: LINDA H. POST EMAIL: LINDA@LHPOST.COM Work is also available through: ​R. MICHELSON GALLERIES EMAIL: RM@RMICHELSON.COM ​ AND ARTSY.NET Your message was sent successfully! Send