About D’Linn

Donna L. Char P.O. Box 742, Kamuela, HI 96743 808.989.8580 or 885.8800 ArtbyDLinn.com or DLinnArt.com Email: DLinnart@aol.com Step into the upcountry garden studio of Big Island artist D’Linn, and you’ve entered the world of her very personal expression. Extensive formal training in the Bauhaus tradition and unbound experimentation transform her artwork into something meaningful that belongs to life itself. D’Linn received her Masters Degree in Art from the University of Missouri. The unique sunlight of the Big Island plays across her canvas and captures the essence of her museum quality images. “Color creates a specific vibration and is an elemental aspect of my work,” she tells us. With originals, limited editions and collages available, you’ll find something in every price range. A joyful spirit who works and speaks from her heart, her work falls into four distinct categories; realism, impressionism, sur-realism and abstraction yet all are “contemporary art”. The artist calls her work abstraction as it is taken from experiences of life and allows the viewer to create their own interpretation. The work has a strong sense of color and line no matter what the category. Because her early years were filled with emotional stress, D’Linn began to study stress management and practice yoga. Physical exercise and creating art work turned easily into meditation; and while working on her graduate degrees, she became involved in Dr. Herbert Benson’s famous studies on the relaxation response. Good emotional and physical health continues to be a significant interest in her life. D’Linn has been recognized as an award winning and outstanding artist in Florida, Hawai’i, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Virginia. Her artwork can be found in Canada, Germany, France, Korea and Japan. Married and living in Hawaii, the artist is available at her garden studio for viewing of work in production. D’Linn makes art to express her highest self and to impress the viewer into an experience that would not have occurred without the art/viewer relationship. It is a mutual love of the art experience that brings life to this marriage of artist and viewer.