The Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA) in collaboration with the Abrams Claghorn Gallery is presenting an exhibition, “The Ground Upon Which We Stand,” from April 15 to May 31, 2020. The exhibition was moved online in response to the shelter-in-place order. OWE’s Linda Joy Kattwinkel, an accomplished visual artist, has an artwork in the show entitled Ghost Ranch (shown above).
According to NCWCA, “Seventy-eight artists speak out about the sacredness of the land and the importance of standing your ground in this era of climate change and a global health crisis. With works represented in all media, the exhibition offers messages to and from the planet through the artists’ responses to nature, environmental pressures, society and the fate of our only home, Planet Earth. These artworks engage on multiple levels – wonder, worry, hopefulness, activism. Echoing Greta Thunberg’s call to action, the exhibition stresses that there is no plan B nor planet B.”
Linda Joy received her arts training at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she graduated cum laude in 1975 with a B.F.A. in communication arts. Thereafter she worked for thirteen years as a graphic artist in editorial, corporate and advertising design and typography. She has designed many corporate and product logos, and has produced illustrations for educational books and other publications. Today she paints in plein air and at her studio in San Francisco, where she sometimes participates in Open Studios. Her artwork has been shown in more than thirty-five museum and gallery exhibitions. Some of Linda Joy’s recent artwork can be seen here.