About

Lynda is a visual artist, an art historian, an author, and an art educator.  She has participated in juried exhibitions including the Brand 38 Annual National Exhibition, Pasadena Society of Artists  shows at the VIVA Gallery, ASC in Pasadena and in several other group exhibits at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, the Arts and Books Gallery in LA, the Glendale College Art Gallery, the Brand Gallery and the Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery in Santa Monica.  In the Philippines, she had a one-person show at the University of the Philippines Manila and several group shows at the Solidaridad Galleries.  She paints representational subjects and accepts portrait commissions in oil and watercolor.  Lynda is a full-time artist and a member of the Pasadena Society of Artists and the National Watercolor Society.

Lynda has taught at Glendale College as adjunct assistant professor in Art History and in several community colleges in LA area including Santa Monica College and Pasadena City College.  As a California Arts Council grant artist, she was a resource person for the visual arts for the Glendale Unified School District as part of the Arts as Basic program of the district.

She is best known in the international academia for her pioneering book titled The Textiles of Southern Philippines and her published studies in Philippine ethnic art.  Her book is currently in the collection of 141 libraries of major universities and museums all over the world.  She was a recipient of an International Fellowship Award from the American Association of University Women and a graduate fellowship at Northern Illinois University.  She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree major in painting and holds an MA in Art History from NIU.