Linda Gerson

Linda Gerson is a contemporary abstract artist working in acrylic, collage, and various mixed media. She grew up in New Jersey and has been living and painting in Maine for thirty years. A graduate of Simmons College and Boston University, Gerson also studied at Maine College of Art and Design Gerson’s numerous exhibitions throughout New England include several solo shows at Stonewall Gallery in Yarmouth, Maine, a one person exhibit at York Public Library, and several curated exhibits at Maine Jewish Museum. Her abstract art is inspired by interactions with the natural world, dream life, and psychotherapy with clients. Creating paintings is reminiscent of doing psychotherapy in which layers are added and subtracted. A unified composition gradually emerges from what came before and what becomes integrated into the most recent mark making. Linda works part time as a psychotherapist and paints in her home studio the remainder of the week. She resides in southern Maine with her husband and their rescue dog.