Linda Charles

Linda Charles was born in 1969 in the South East of England. As long as I can remember I have always had a creative streak; drawing and designing from a very early age.

She attended Herriot Watt University in Scotland where she studied textiles and fashion. This led her to an interest in abstract work in which she became more and more involved.

She began to design work incorporating heavy texture using materials such as gold and silver leaf. The use of colour at the time lent itself to the advent of the interior design boom of the early 2000s and her work began to sell in huge quantities worldwide.
She has always been keen to develop her work by fusing certain qualities of my abstract work into real life imagery.

She lives in a beautiful part of Hertfordshire surrounded by nature and rolling countryside and uses her surroundings for inspiration. Her proximity to the National Trust ancient Hatfield Forest, once a favourite hunting location for Henry VIII, provides excellent reference for raw and unspoilt imagery, which is always her starting point of any piece.

Walking her Golden Retriever, Doug, gives her the opportunity to think and immerse herself in the natural surroundings. Always exploring new areas produces fresh ideas and inspirations, coming across run down, deserted buildings and wild wooded areas are perfect reference for texture and surface ideas, which she translates so well into art, having always had a liking for tactile pieces.

The forest covers a large unspoilt area featuring a large lake and quiet backwaters. It is here that she is in her element and where deer roam freely this is where she most feels at one with nature.
Once back in the studio she sketches out the scene of her work marking areas she wants to build texture for effect. The vibrancy created by the colours she uses enables the piece to border delicately between abstract and real-life imagery.

She aims to create the calm and tranquil feelings she gains from her earlier experiences in the forest and around the lake. A new floral range reflecting these subtle tones on textured pastel-based backgrounds is another new addition to an already impressive back catalogue of art and design spanning some 25 years.

Her love for fashion and animals have recently combined to produce brand new collections using her traditional combinations of textures and various media, now including elements of digital collage, with loveable animals against unique backdrops as well as magnificent pieces of individual fashionable couture models featuring stunning real textures such as feathers, jewels and fabrics.

Latest Work

Itchycoo Park
Night Together
Love Me Tomorrow
Sexual Healing
You Know I’m No Good
The Boys Are Back In Town
She’s Lost Control
Girls and Boys
I’m Every Woman – Deluxe
Licence To Kill
Twisted Passion
Ecstasy!
London Calling
Pug On Spots
Indian Couture II
The Bear of Wall Street
Union Jack Pug
Born To Run – Deluxe
Lost Stars
Bizarre
Stan
Moose
Bulldog on Spots
Scotland The Brave
Jerusalem
Mini Freedom
That Bulldog Spirit
Beyond Desire
No Time For Goodbyes
Savage Lust
So Wicked My Love
Chains Of Silk
A Girl Like That
Her Man Must Wait
Shameless
Sinners In White
Wall Street
London Stag
Outlaw
The Wild West
Urban Chimp
Churchill
Gay Girl
Fashion Jungle I
Fashion Jungle III
Indian Couture III #2
Twins
Elegant Twins
Twins II
Earrings
Indian Couture II ~ #1 by Linda Charles
Indian Couture ~ Silver by Linda Charles
Indian Couture I – Gold ~ by Linda Charles
Geisha Couture II ~ by Linda Charles
Pink Rose ~
Karyukai ~ by Linda Charles
Our Vision by Linda Charles
Senkai ~ by Linda Charles
Kitto ~ by Linda Charles
Underground Fox by Linda Charles
R?zug?rudo ~
Hanary? ~
Secrets ~
Mikako ~ by Linda Charles
White Champagne ~ by Linda Charles
Moschino White ~ by Linda Charles
Assing Around
That Bulldog Spirit Revisited
Moods ~ by Linda Charles
Work-Horse ~ by Linda Charles
Three’s A Crowd ~ by Linda Charles
Only The Great ~ by Linda Charles
Tradition ~ by Linda Charles
White on Turquoise
Just Pink
Width Restrictions by Linda Charles
Flamin-go 2
Falmin-go
Black Beauty
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo 2
Going Underground 3
Bearly Up (Large)
Cheyenne Montana Memories
Geronimo
Cock-a Doo
Foxy Lady
Cock-a-Doo Circle
Montana Calling
Bullish on Wall Street
Bring on the Cavalry

Latest Work

Itchycoo Park

Night Together

Love Me Tomorrow

Sexual Healing

You Know I’m No Good

The Boys Are Back In Town

She’s Lost Control

Girls and Boys

I’m Every Woman – Deluxe

Licence To Kill

Twisted Passion

Ecstasy!

London Calling

Pug On Spots

Indian Couture II

The Bear of Wall Street

Union Jack Pug

Born To Run – Deluxe

Lost Stars

Bizarre

Stan

Moose

Bulldog on Spots

Scotland The Brave

Jerusalem

Mini Freedom

That Bulldog Spirit

Beyond Desire

No Time For Goodbyes

Savage Lust

So Wicked My Love

Chains Of Silk

A Girl Like That

Her Man Must Wait

Shameless

Sinners In White

Wall Street

London Stag

Outlaw

The Wild West

Urban Chimp

Churchill

Gay Girl

Fashion Jungle I

Fashion Jungle III

Indian Couture III #2

Twins

Elegant Twins

Twins II

Earrings

Indian Couture II ~ #1 by Linda Charles

Indian Couture ~ Silver by Linda Charles

Indian Couture I – Gold ~ by Linda Charles

Geisha Couture II ~ by Linda Charles

Pink Rose ~

Karyukai ~ by Linda Charles

Our Vision by Linda Charles

Senkai ~ by Linda Charles

Kitto ~ by Linda Charles

Underground Fox by Linda Charles

R?zug?rudo ~

Hanary? ~

Secrets ~

Mikako ~ by Linda Charles

White Champagne ~ by Linda Charles

Moschino White ~ by Linda Charles

Assing Around

That Bulldog Spirit Revisited

Moods ~ by Linda Charles

Work-Horse ~ by Linda Charles

Three’s A Crowd ~ by Linda Charles

Only The Great ~ by Linda Charles

Tradition ~ by Linda Charles

White on Turquoise

Just Pink

Width Restrictions by Linda Charles

Flamin-go 2

Falmin-go

Black Beauty