Linda Wells has been an artist all of her life, and she has been drawing and painting horses for many years. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she attended the University of New Mexico and later moved to San Francisco, California, where she studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and graduated from there with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After moving to Boulder, Colorado, she earned an Associates degree in Advertising and Graphic Design from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver. She has worked as a graphic designer and freelance illustrator for many years, all the while continuing to paint and enter juried shows.

Her equine paintings have been juried into many exhibitions throughout the country, including the American Academy of Equine Art, and she has won many awards for her work.

"I like to create paintings with a sense of drama, brought out by interesting shapes, creative use of light, and intense colors. In my equine art, I try to capture the beauty and personality of horses. I enjoy portraying them from different and unusual perspectives, creating a painting that draws the viewer in and gives him or her a unique point of view."

After many years of painting only in watercolors, Linda now enjoys painting in oils on canvas and boards. "It has been a long time since I did oil paintings, and I am finding it exciting and inspiring. Instead of "saving the whites" (of the paper) in watercolor, and painting from light to dark, with oils the order is reversed, and the work is painted from dark to light. I like the buttery consistency of oil paints, and I am having fun manipulating the hard and soft edges of the subjects with the paints. Horses have been my favorite subject for years, and although they remain a favorite, these days I am enjoying painting more still lifes and other animals, along with starting to do landscapes.