Linda Spencer

Linda's  preferred disciplines are painting and sculpture. Other mediums such as watercolour, ink, natural materials and textiles also form part of her practise
 

In her  latest oil paintings she is trying to capture the beauty of the majestically desolate tobacco kilns of the Ovens Valley, Victoria. Heading out to paint these historic kilns over the four seasons of the year and producing a large body of work. This work was part of a 2025 exhibition with her friend and artist Simone Dole.  If you missed that some more of her kiln paintings will be exhibited in the Annual Art Exhibition in the Bright Gallery, 28 Mountbatten Avenue Bright, March 27 - May 10, 2026
 

Linda’s recent sculptures are kinetic, they move unexpectedly, tempting the viewer to interact or complete an action.  She is exploring the interactive aspects of those sculptures and the responses they evoke. While her static sculptures explore movement expressed through gesture, drapery and form of the material she selected. These materials include bronze, paper, tin, plaster, wax, wood. textiles, natural materials and found objects.

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During the Melbourne COVID restrictions Linda foraged for natural materials and experimented with different types of weaving. Wild weaving and basketry, even jewellery.  This led to learning about and using ghost netting to make a miniature  ray and  sending it to an art project run by  Erub Arts and  Community Ghost Netting Collective.. Her one small ray joined other rays forming larger Eagle rays, now part of a larger permanent group display Stories of a Moving Tide No 6,  Hanging in Barangaroo Exchange Square, Sydney.