Linda Sutton

Linda Sutton (born 1947) is a British painter and president of the Small Paintings Group.

Biography

Sutton was born in 1947 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.^[1] She attended Southend College of Technology then studied at Winchester School of Art. Sutton lived for a year in Antwerp,^[2] where Queen Fabiola of Belgium purchased one of her works from her studio at the Antwerp Academy.^[3] Sutton then attended the Royal College of Art in London, graduating in 1974.^[2]

Her works are often based on mythological themes with an autobiographical perspective and dreamlike quality,^[4] such as her work Perseus and Andromeda II.^[5] She has also produced works inspired by characters from Italian theatrical works and operas, such as Don Giovanni, Faust, Desdemona, Rosina, and Rusalka.^[3] She has also painted portraits of opera singers, such as Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu.^[6]

Sutton's paintings are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts,^[7] and the Sainsbury Collection.^[4] She has also been a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.^[3] Sutton has also spent much of her life in Calabria, Italy, and became the first non-Italian artist to hold an exhibition in the Chiesa della Badia.^[3]

From 2022, Sutton has been president of the Small Paintings Group.^[8]