A little more about Lynda

For all I know I was born with a pencil in hand, because I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing. My initial passion for the pencil led me to a brush in my early twenties.

While living in Orillia, Ontario, I joined a painting group. I was somewhat skeptical about my abilities, but the instructor forced me to learn the wonders of the brush.

The Love Affair Had Begun!

Painting became my new passion! And to this day, I feel I owe much of my success to my teacher and friend Nelda Yorke.

Many of my friends praised my early watercolour work, so I took a shot and started entering local art shows. To my amazement, people were buying my stuff (works of art). Several years later I moved to Utopia, Ontario, where I made my passion my business. I opened the doors to “The Harvey House Bed and Breakfast and Art Studio”. I continued to enter juried shows, and also became very busy doing commission work. Among my paid jobs were several murals which grace the walls of many local establishments.

As my name as an artist grew, I was approached by many people wanting me to instruct them in painting watercolour. Not unlike my initial introduction to painting, teaching was a skill that I really doubted I could do.

Presenting the opportunity to me over and over again, I eventually listened to the internal voice. That same voice that had brought me this far, that had said time and again, “Just Try”.

Today I run my studio and business from my home in Baxter, where I live with my husband, Michael Wells, and 3 of my 4 sons (my most cherished works of art). The most important lesson I share with them as well as my students is to listen to their own internal voice.

I feel that it is this voice, this intuition; this sometimes unexplainable mystical force (I call it God) has guided me to where I am today. Listen to this voice and it will guide you to your own happiness and success.

Lynda Giles