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about Linda
Linda M. Feltner is an artist who specializes in both the aesthetics and science of natural history. Not only does her work represent the strict standards of accuracy for natural history but through her Fine Arts background, she combines the creativity of artistic design with the realism of nature into what has become her trademark.
 photo by C. Shelton |
| Sketching in southern Utah |
Her multi-disciplinary career includes interpretive consulting and interpretive media design, book and magazine illustrations, numerous solo exhibitions, classroom teaching, commissions, lectures to professional organizations. She designs both indoor and outdoor exhibits including free-standing panels, kiosks, murals and interactive graphics. She has created interpretives for zoological, botanical, geological, and historical subjects.
Linda’s experiences span more than 32 years painting and drawing, 25 years as a natural history guide, 23 years working one-on-one with clients to design interpretive graphics and 16 years as sole-proprietor of her business. She has been an instructor for the Scientific Illustration Program with the University of Washington, North Cascades Institute, and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute.
Her combined experience has allowed her to produce numerous exhibits for the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service (AK, AZ, CA, OR, WA) and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument and other state, municipal and private agencies, departments, museums and organizations. Her scope includes interpretive planning and signage design, artwork, graphic design, camera-ready mechanicals, and coordination with manufacturers.
To each project, she brings her extensive, first-hand knowledge of and enthusiasm for the subjects, which often concern personal favorites such as ornithology, aquatic ecology, botany, geology and river morphology, as well as a variety of ecosystems. She also enjoyed bringing to life the rich cultural history of Native Americans and pioneers.
On most of these varied projects, Linda lead the design process throughout the project, coordinating with architects, landscape architects, resource planners, archeologists, biologists and the public.
background
Wildlife Artist and Graphic Designer
Design, planning, illustrations and manufacture coordination for zoological,
botanical, geological and historical interpretation. Paintings and drawings
for brochures, magazines, books, murals, kiosk and logo design. 1989-Present
 photo by D. Paulson |
| Color matching to museum specimens at the Slater Museum of Natural History for the Alaska Ecotravellers’ Guide |
Art Director and Field Guide
Peregrine Tours, Inc. 1979 - Present
Registrations & Affiliations:
- National Association for Interpretation
- Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
- Washington Ornithological Society. Board Member and Associate Editor
- Chair, The Ornithology Group of Houston
Instructor:
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute
- University of Washington Extension, Scientific Illustration Certification Program
- North Cascades Institute
- Painting and Drawing Workshops
Lecturer:
- San Francisco Art Institute
- Huxley College, Department of Ecology, Bellingham, WA
- National Association for Interpretation, National Convention
- National Association for Interpretation, Pacific Northwest Chapter
- Washington Ornithological Society
- The Ornithology Group, Houston, TX
- The Texas Ornithology Society
- Wildlife Photography Field Classes, S.F. Austin St. University
Technical Associate
Jones & Jones, Architects & Landscape Architects, Seattle, Washington.
Illustrator, Graphic Designer. 1984-1989
Illustrator, The Houston Zoological Gardens, Houston,
Texas
Graphic design and illustrations, directional signage, interpretive panels,
labels, photography, and brochures. An in-house production department. 1981-1984.
Graphics Team Member for the Kipp Aquarium.
Art Instructor, Royal High School, Brookshire, Texas
Grades 9-12. Drawing, printmaking, ceramics, and art appreciation. 1984.
EDUCATION
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
MA; Painting, Photography ; May 1975.
BFA; Painting and Drawing (Minor: Art History); May 1973.
client list
| U.S. National Park Service Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Bureau of Land Management Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Mt. Baker Ranger District Gifford Pinchot National Forest Mt. Hood National Forest Siuslaw National Forest Columbia Gorge Ranger District Coronado National Forest Tongass National Forest Misty Fiords National Monument Washington Department of Fisheries Washington Department of Wildlife |
Nisqually River Council Washington Department of Ecology Okanogan National Forest Mountains-To-Sound Greenway City of Bellevue, WA, City of Federal Way, WA City of Lacey, WA City of Redmond, WA City of Burien, WA Snohomish County Public Works Northwest Trek, WA Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL Pt. Defiance Zoo, Tacoma, WA Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR Santa Ana Zoo, CA |
preferred sites
- Guild Natural Science Illustrators
- Science-Art.com
- National Association of Interpreters
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Slater Museum, Tacoma WA, Biodiversity Resources, Dr.Dennis Paulson, Director Emeritus
- Odonata Diversity, Slater Museum
- Bird Wing Photographic Collection, Slater Museum
- Falcon Research Group
- Woodland Park Zoo
- Naturewide Images, Robert A. Behrstock
- Arizona Odonata
- Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
- The Moths of Southeastern Arizona
- Judy Miller Photo Illustrations and Giclee Prints
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