Artists

Linda Charles [Biography]

Linda Charles

Linda Charles was born in 1969 in the South East of England. ?As long as I can remember I have always had a creative streak; drawing and designing from a very early age.?
She attended Herriot Watt University in Scotland where she studied textiles and fashion. This led her to an interest in abstract work in which she became more and more involved.
She began to design work incorporating heavy texture using materials such as gold and silver leaf. The use of colour at the time lent itself to the advent of the interior design boom of the early 2000?s and her work began to sell in huge quantities worldwide.
She has always been keen to develop her work by ?fusing certain qualities of my abstract work into real life imagery.?
She lives in a beautiful part of Hertfordshire surrounded by nature and rolling countryside and uses her surroundings for inspiration. Her proximity to the National Trust?s ancient Hatfield Forest, once a favourite hunting location for Henry VIII, provides excellent reference for raw and unspoilt imagery, which is always her starting point of any piece.
Walking her Golden Retriever, Doug, gives her the opportunity to think and immerse herself in the natural surroundings. Always exploring new areas produces fresh ideas and inspirations, coming across run down, deserted buildings and wild wooded areas are perfect reference for texture and surface ideas, which she translates so well into art, having always had a liking for tactile pieces.
The forest covers a large unspoilt area featuring a large lake and quiet backwaters. It?s here that she is in her element and where deer roam freely this is where she most feels at one with nature.
Once back in the studio she sketches out the scene of her work marking areas she wants to build texture for effect. The vibrancy created by the colours she uses enables the piece to border delicately between abstract and real-life imagery.
She aims to create the calm and tranquil feelings she gains from her earlier experiences in the forest and around the lake. A new floral range reflecting these subtle tones on textured pastel-based backgrounds is another new addition to an already impressive back catalogue of art and design spanning some 25 years.
Her love for fashion and animals have recently combined to produce brand new collections using her traditional combinations of textures and various media, now including elements of digital collage, with loveable animals against unique backdrops as well as magnificent pieces of individual fashionable couture models featuring stunning ?real? textures such as feathers, jewels and fabrics.

110 Rapture

Mixed Media on Board

19th Nervous Breakdown

Mixed Media on Board

A Kiss From A Rose

Mixed Media on Board

Ace Of Spades

Mixed Media on Board

Angels - Captain Scarlet

Mixed Media on Board

At Last

Mixed Media on Board

Call Me

Mixed Media on Board

Candy

Mixed Media on Board

Country

Mixed Media on Board

Culture Club

Mixed Media on Board

Dancing In The Dark

Mixed Media on Board

Dangerous Woman

Mixed Media on Board

Devotion

Mixed Media on Board

Dirty Old Town

Mixed Media on Board

Disco 2000

Mixed Media on Board

Dreamer

Mixed Media on Board

Drive - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

Empire State Of Mind -ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

Everything

Mixed Media on Board

Everything You Touch is Gold

Mixed Media on Board

Face To Face

Mixed Media on Board

Feeling Good

Mixed Media on Board

Ghost Town

Mixed Media on Board

Glory Boys

Mixed Media on Board

I Shot The Sheriff - John Wayne

Mixed Media on Board

In The Crowd

Mixed Media on Board

It's My Life

Mixed Media on Board

Lazy Sunday

Mixed Media on Board

Let Me be Your Fantasy

Mixed Media on Board

Let's Stay Together

Mixed Media on Board

Look What You Made Me Do

Mixed Media on Board

Mandalay Bay Hotel

Mixed Media on Board

Money, Money, Money

Mixed Media on Board

Mr. Vain

Mixed Media on Board

Nevermind - ReVinyled Collection

Mixed Media on Board

New York Minute

Mixed Media on Board

Paudaburu

Mixed Media on Board

Pink

Mixed Media on Board

Pump Up The Jam II

Mixed Media on Board

Run For Home

Mixed Media on Board

Show Me Love

Mixed Media on Board

Stop This Flame

Mixed Media on Board

Summer Nights

Mixed Media on Board

Sweet Child O'Mine

Mixed Media on Board

The Changingman

Mixed Media on Board

The Rhythm Of The Night

Mixed Media on Board

Then He Kissed Me

Mixed Media on Board

Turn Off The Lights

Mixed Media on Board

U Got 2 Let The Music

Mixed Media on Board

Viva La Vida - Napoleon

Mixed Media on Board

Who's Next

Mixed Media on Board

You Are So Beautiful

Mixed Media on Board

Love Me Tender

Studio Edition on Paper

At Last

Studio Edition on Paper

Back To Black

Studio Edition on Paper

Champagne Supernova - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Cigarettes And Alcohol

Studio Edition on Paper

Cigarettes And Alcohol - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Diamonds And Pearls

Studio Edition on Paper

English Rose

Studio Edition on Paper

English Rose - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Fly Me To The Moon

Studio Edition on Paper

God Save The Queen - Songbook

Studio Edition on Canvas

Hotel California - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Hotel California - Songbook

Studio Edition on Canvas

I Wanna Be Adored

Studio Edition on Paper

I Wanna Be Adored - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Let's Get It On

Studio Edition on Paper

Life On Mars - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Live Forever - Songbook

Studio Edition on Canvas

Look Good On The Dancefloor

Studio Edition on Paper

Lose Yourself

Studio Edition on Paper

Love Reign O'er Me

Studio Edition on Paper

Love Reign O'er Me - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Lucky Man

Studio Edition on Paper

Money, Money, Money

Studio Edition on Paper

Money, Money, Money - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Mr Brightside - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Need You Tonight

Studio Edition on Paper

Need You Tonight - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Rocketman

Studio Edition on Paper

Sex On Fire

Studio Edition on Paper

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Studio Edition on Paper

So Lonely

Studio Edition on Paper

So Lonely - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Suspicious Minds

Studio Edition on Paper

Sweet Child O'Mine

Studio Edition on Paper

Town Called Malice - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

Town Called Malice - Songbook

Studio Edition on Canvas

Wonderwall

Studio Edition on Paper

Yellow Submarine

Studio Edition on Paper

You Give Love A Bad Name

Studio Edition on Paper

You Give Love A Bad Name - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

You Know I'm No Good

Studio Edition on Paper

You Know I'm No Good - Miniature

Studio Edition on Paper

You Really Got Me

Studio Edition on Paper

All That Jazz

Mixed Media on Board

Careless Whisper

Mixed Media on Board

Every Breath You Take

Mixed Media on Board

Everybody's Free, To Feel Good

Mixed Media on Board

Everything I Do

Mixed Media on Board

I Dont Want To Lose You

Mixed Media on Board

I Swear

Mixed Media on Board

Love Is A Losing Game

Mixed Media on Board

Maybe Tomorrow

Mixed Media on Board

Most Beautiful

Mixed Media on Board

My Future - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

Oasis – Knebworth, August 1996

Mixed Media on Board

One More Night

Mixed Media on Board

Paranoid - ReVinyled Collection

Mixed Media on Board

Pinku

Mixed Media on Board

Rumours - ReVinyled Collection

Mixed Media on Board

Say A Little Prayer

Mixed Media on Board

Shallow

Mixed Media on Board

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Mixed Media on Board

Sunshine Of Your Love Cream

Mixed Media on Board

Take Me I'm Yours

Mixed Media on Board

The Night I Fell In Love

Mixed Media on Board

Touch Me

Mixed Media on Board

We Belong Together

Mixed Media on Board

Yazoo

Mixed Media on Board

You Are The Best Thing

Mixed Media on Board

Don't Look Back In Anger

Studio Edition on Paper

Adore You

Mixed Media on Board

How Deep Is Your Love

Mixed Media on Board

Suspicious Minds

Mixed Media on Board

Sold, but please enquire about similar works

The Rising Sun - In The Gallery

Original Mixed Media

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Adore

Mixed Media on Board

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All Of Me

Mixed Media on Board

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At The River

Mixed Media on Board

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Begin The Beguine

Mixed Media on Board

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Big In Japan - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

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Born to Run - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

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Crazy Love

Mixed Media on Board

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Crown - King Charles/Stormzy

Mixed Media on Board

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Don't Know Me By Now

Mixed Media on Board

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Don't Wanna Lose You

Mixed Media on Board

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Dusty

Mixed Media on Board

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Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat

Mixed Media on Board

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Encore Une Fois

Mixed Media on Board

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Everybody's Free

Mixed Media on Board

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Firestarter

Mixed Media on Board

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Gangsta's Paradise - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

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Gimme Shelter - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

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God Is A DJ

Mixed Media on Board

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God Save The Queen

Mixed Media on Board

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Gold Digger

Mixed Media on Board

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Heart Of Glass

Mixed Media on Board

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Heaven Knows

Mixed Media on Board

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Heiwa-Teki

Mixed Media on Board

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Here Comes The Sun

Mixed Media on Board

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I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

Mixed Media on Board

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I Wanna Be Adored

Mixed Media on Board

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I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Mixed Media on Board

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Just Like Heaven

Mixed Media on Board

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Let's Get It On

Mixed Media on Board

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Live Forever

Mixed Media on Board

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Mr Brightside

Mixed Media on Board

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My Heart Will Go On

Mixed Media on Board

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Need You Tonight

Mixed Media on Board

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Nokon

Mixed Media on Board

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Nowhere To Run

Mixed Media on Board

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On And On

Mixed Media on Board

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One Step Beyond

Mixed Media on Board

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Peaches

Mixed Media on Board

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Pretty Vacant

Mixed Media on Board

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Pump Up The Jam I

Mixed Media on Board

Sold, but please enquire about similar works

Real Slim Shady Commission

Mixed Media on Board

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Rebel Rebel - Bowie/Dean

Mixed Media on Board

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Revolver - ReVinyled Collection

Mixed Media on Board

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Right Here, Right Now

Mixed Media on Board

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Ring Of Fire

Mixed Media on Board

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Sandstorm

Mixed Media on Board

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Simple Minds

Mixed Media on Board

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Sweet Child O' Mine

Mixed Media on Board

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Teddy Bear - Elvis/Kate Moss

Mixed Media on Board

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The Boxer - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

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The Boys Of Summer

Mixed Media on Board

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The Whole Of The Moon - ReMovied

Mixed Media on Board

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This Charming Man

Mixed Media on Board

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Ticket To Ride

Mixed Media on Board

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To Have Fun

Mixed Media on Board

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Tommy Gun

Mixed Media on Board

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Town Called Malice

Mixed Media on Board

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Wild Horses

Mixed Media on Board

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Wonderwall

Mixed Media on Board

Sold, but please enquire about similar works

You Really Got Me

Mixed Media on Board

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You're Gorgeous

Mixed Media on Board

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Zombie Nation

Mixed Media on Board

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My Generation

Studio Edition on Paper

Linda Charles

Linda Charles was born in 1969 in the South East of England. ?As long as I can remember I have always had a creative streak; drawing and designing from a very early age.?
She attended Herriot Watt University in Scotland where she studied textiles and fashion. This led her to an interest in abstract work in which she became more and more involved.
She began to design work incorporating heavy texture using materials such as gold and silver leaf. The use of colour at the time lent itself to the advent of the interior design boom of the early 2000?s and her work began to sell in huge quantities worldwide.
She has always been keen to develop her work by ?fusing certain qualities of my abstract work into real life imagery.?
She lives in a beautiful part of Hertfordshire surrounded by nature and rolling countryside and uses her surroundings for inspiration. Her proximity to the National Trust?s ancient Hatfield Forest, once a favourite hunting location for Henry VIII, provides excellent reference for raw and unspoilt imagery, which is always her starting point of any piece.
Walking her Golden Retriever, Doug, gives her the opportunity to think and immerse herself in the natural surroundings. Always exploring new areas produces fresh ideas and inspirations, coming across run down, deserted buildings and wild wooded areas are perfect reference for texture and surface ideas, which she translates so well into art, having always had a liking for tactile pieces.
The forest covers a large unspoilt area featuring a large lake and quiet backwaters. It?s here that she is in her element and where deer roam freely this is where she most feels at one with nature.
Once back in the studio she sketches out the scene of her work marking areas she wants to build texture for effect. The vibrancy created by the colours she uses enables the piece to border delicately between abstract and real-life imagery.
She aims to create the calm and tranquil feelings she gains from her earlier experiences in the forest and around the lake. A new floral range reflecting these subtle tones on textured pastel-based backgrounds is another new addition to an already impressive back catalogue of art and design spanning some 25 years.
Her love for fashion and animals have recently combined to produce brand new collections using her traditional combinations of textures and various media, now including elements of digital collage, with loveable animals against unique backdrops as well as magnificent pieces of individual fashionable couture models featuring stunning ?real? textures such as feathers, jewels and fabrics.

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