Linda Tracey Brandon Explained

Linda Tracey Brandon
Alma Mater:	University of Michigan New York University School of Law
Known For:	Painting

Linda Tracey Brandon is an American representational painter who paints portraits and the human figure in addition to creating works in other genres, such as still life and landscape.^[1]

Early life and education

Brandon was born in Michigan in 1955^[2] and is a graduate of the University of Michigan and New York University School of Law.^[3] She received an honor award for her work in hand-drawn animated films as part of her undergraduate studies. Brandon later worked as a radio news reporter for WUOM-FM in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and as a television reporter and anchorwoman for WILX-TV in Jackson, Michigan. She worked as a lawyer in New York City before relocating to Arizona.

She is the author of the children's book The Little Flower Girl.^[4]

Brandon is the grandniece of British silent movie director and actor Bert Tracy.

She studied under several representational/realist drawing and painting teachers through the years. In New York, she took an illustration course at the Parsons New School for Design. After a move to Arizona, she took classes at the Scottsdale Artists' School, where she periodically teaches painting and drawing.^[5]

Selected awards and recognition

• Exceptional Merit Award, Portrait Society of America 2005 International Competition
• Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America 2006 International Competition
• Featured Artist, "Member Spotlight," Journal of the Portrait Society of America, issue No. 64, Third Quarter 2014
• "Artist to Watch," Southwest Art Magazine, March 2015
• Finalist, The Artist's Magazine 2015, 2014, 2001 and 1999 Annual Art Competitions (Portrait/Figure Category)
• "A Sense of Dialogue," Article on the painting "Read to Me", American Art Collector, June 2016
• Fifth Place, 2019 Lore Degenstein Gallery Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition and Exhibit, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
• Finalist, 2018/2019, 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2013/2014 and 2012/2013 International Art Renewal Center (ARC) Salon Competitions
• First Prize, 2014 Butler Institute of American Art's 78th Annual Midyear Exhibition, Youngstown, OH
• Semifinalist, Outwin Boochiver Portrait Competition 2016, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

Group juried shows

• 2016, 2015 "Contemporary Figuration" Group Juried Shows, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• 2016 "Animalia" Group Juried Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• 2016 Butler Institute of American Art's 80th Midyear Exhibition, Youngstown, OH
• 2018 and 2016 Lore Degenstein Gallery Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competitions and Exhibits, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
• 2017 "Sight Unseen" Group Juried Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• 2017 University of Oklahoma, National Weather Center Biennale,^[6] Norman, OK
• 2018 Women Painting Women 7 Artist Invitational Show, Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN

External links

• Linda Tracey Brandon's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Linda Brandon - About the Artist. 2022-01-11. www.lindatraceybrandon.com.
2. Web site: Linda Brandon . 2023-05-06 . Art Renewal Center . en.
3. Web site: Linda Tracey Brandon . Scottsdale Artists' School . Scottsdale Artists’ School . January 29, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912032247/http://scottsdaleartschool.org/instructor/linda-tracey-brandon/ . September 12, 2017.
4. Book: Brandon, Linda Tracey. The Little Flower Girl. 1997. Random House. 978-0-679-87695-3. en.
5. News: Emerging Artists: Linda Tracey Brandon . January 29, 2020 . southwest art . February 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200126054339/https://www.southwestart.com/articles-interviews/emerging-artists/emerging-artists-linda-tracey-brandon . January 26, 2020.
6. https://www.ou.edu/nwcbiennale