In
a recent Southwest Art magazine article,
Rose Glaser writes: "Born in Japan, [Linda]
Raynolds spent her early years living in foreign
lands such as France and El Salvador, where
her father was an economist in the US foreign
service. Living in so many cultures led Raynolds
to develop an early interest in anthropology,
in which she holds an undergraduate degree
from the University of New Hampshire."
Also influenced by her father's interest in
primitive and tribal folk art and her mother's
liking fondness for 'refined things,' Raynolds
eventually found herself at New York's Art
Students League. Currently living in Cody,
Wyoming, Raynolds considers Wyoming her spiritual
home. Glaser adds, "The strength of her
work lies in its simplicity of form."
Raynolds is a member of the Society of Animal
Artists and has two sculptures in the permanent
collection of the Buffalo Bill Historical
Center.
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