Linda Nelson-Johnson

Raised as an Iowa farm girl, I have been an Artist/Creative since childhood. When I was about six years-old my mother taught me and my brother to embroider. The pieces weren’t wonderful or beautiful or finished, but it started me on my creative path through life. When I was 8 years-old, my mother began teaching me how to sew using the sewing machine. This started with doll clothing and quickly moved into sewing simple clothes for myself. In fact, most of the clothing I wore for the next 20 years I made myself – using and altering patterns.

I continued exploring sewing through two years of college and then motherhood - making clothes for myself and my children – often altering the patterns as I wished. After my two children were in school, I went back to college and began studying interior design and eventually achieved a master’s degree. That lead to an interior design teaching position at Arizona State University for twenty-one years and later Washington State University for seven years.

When I retired, I moved back to my Iowa farmland. Now I find that I am incorporating past creative experiences and nature with newly found methods and adventures, many of which include cloth and sewing – my first two loves. However, I am always open to new methods of creating art. My new adventure is exploring printing possibilities with the heat press. This allows me to combine my early farm and outdoor experience with my knowledge of design.

Country Sunset 2022 47” x 39.5” Art Quilt NFS LNJStudio@gmail.com