Biography

Linda Barlow
lindabarlow5@gmail.com
Santa Fe, NM  87508

Artist Biography

Linda Barlow is an artist living near Santa Fe.  She grew up near Lake Michigan and has lived and taught in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Her art medium is knotted thread, yarn, and beads.  Creating these vessels is a very long, slow, process.  Each piece takes several months to complete.  Textiles really became her passion while at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, where the fiber professor, Ruth Gao made a lasting impact.  She invited visiting artists like John McQueen who exposed her to basketry and the power of words in his pieces.  Also, Diane Itter’s work with thread and advanced color technique, as well as Elizabeth Tuttle, whose work involved thread and three dimensional wall pieces. 

She is inspired by textiles from all over the world; Hmong and Lao native dress, color palette and needle work made a formative impression on her while teaching English Language Learners from Laos.  She has been creating her pieces since the late 1970’s. 

She was smitten by Santa Fe in her early twenties and after retiring is now able to live in their favorite place with her husband and two collies.