CHRISTY LINTON ART
Christy Linton creates layered abstract paintings that explore experimentation, relinquishing control using light, texture, erosion, and renewal. Her work is rooted in the belief that art has the ability to change how you feel, not only through color and composition, but through atmosphere, presence, and emotion. Christy began painting during a season of profound personal upheaval, when the studio became a place of refuge and restoration. What started as a way to find stillness in the middle of uncertainty slowly became a visual language of healing, depth, and quiet strength. Through layered acrylics, mineral textures, charcoal, pastels, oil sticks and sometimes oils, along with unconventional unexpected materials, Christy builds surfaces that feel weathered yet luminous. Her paintings often shift with the light, revealing subtle changes throughout the day and inviting the viewer to slow down, look closer, and feel more deeply. Her connection to light, nature, water, weathered stone, and the quiet beauty found all around us invites imperfection and organic flow within her work. So themes of erosion, repair, softness, strength, and the return of light move throughout her work. All combining intuitively and almost as a meditation as she builds each painting to convey solace, energy and light reflection.
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Resides currently
Temecula, CA USA
Education
BFA in Fashion Design, University of North Texas, 1991-1996
Solo Exhibitions
2026 - Solo Exhibition - Edge of Light - Haus of Aurah (June)
2025 - Light In Layers - Laguna Art Gallery
2025 - Beneath The Surface Collection Showing - Haus of Aurah - Costa Mesa, CA (September - October)
2025 - Where Light Takes Root - Laguna Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA (September)
2024 - Solace of the Sea - Laguna Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA (September)
2024 - Solo Exhibition - Last Vestige, Long Beach, CA (September)
Group Exhibitions
2026 - OC Art House - Mission Viejo, CA (June)
2026 - HUIS VAN KUNST Art Show - Eichholtz - Costa Mesa, CA (May)
2025 - Laguna Art Gallery - Group Exhibition, Mission Viejo, CA (April)
2025 - Palm Springs Modernism Show (February)
2024 - Covet Art Gallery - Oceanside, CA (September)
2024 - Water Exhibit - Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA (September)
2024 - Out of the Blue - Ashton Art Gallery, San Diego, CA (August) - Awarded Honorable Mention
2024 - Stone Gala of the Arts - Anaheim, CA (July)
2024 - Coastal Vibes - Laguna Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA (July)
2024 - Laguna Art Gallery - Group Exhibition, Mission Viejo, CA (February)
2023 - Plein Air - Temecula Valley Museum of Art (September)
2023 - Art Nights Exhibit - Temecula, CA (Multiple dates, 2023)
2023 - Art in the Park - Murrieta, CA (December)
2022 - Self Reflection, exhibited with pianist Margin Alexander in concert - New York City (November)
Gallery Representation & Showroom Features
Present - Gallery Representation - Laguna Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA (since January 2024)
Present - Solo Artist Exhibiting - Haus of Aurah, Costa Mesa, CA (since November 2023)
Present - Featured Artist - Thomas Hayes Studio, West Hollywood, CA (since November 2024)
Present - Featured Artist - Last Vestige, Long Beach, CA (since November 2024)
Present - Featured Artist - GraceBlu Designer showroom, Costa Mesa, CA (since October 2024)
Present - Solo Artist Feature - Cris Roberto Designs Showroom, Costa Mesa, CA (since July 2025) Present - Solo Feature Artist - Gray Fox Interior Design Showroom, Costa Mesa, CA (since June 2025)
HOM Dana Point - Featured Artist - (November - present)
Special Features & Design Collaborations
2025 - Sound & Shades Showroom - Artwork Feature, Costa Mesa, CA (July)
2025 - Featured Artist - Present - GoldCoast Custom Homes, Dana Point, CA (since June 2025)
2025 - Art featured in collaborative project "Some Like It Pop" with GraceBlu and Jamie Rose Interiors, photographed by Douglas Friedman (May)
2025 - Newport Harbor Home Tour presented by Barclay Butera Interiors - Featured in "The Happy Place" project with GraceBlu (May)2025 - Featured Artist - Kelly Rjoub Interior Design (January)2024 - Some Like It Pop Project with GraceBlu and Jamie Rose Interiors, photographed by Douglas Friedman (November)
2024 - Bliss Home & Design - Featured Artist, multiple collections (April, June, August, October- present)
2024 - Haus of Aurah - Featured Artist, Costa Mesa, CA (March & December)
2024 - Terri Brien Interiors - Featured Artist, San Clemente, CA (February-present)
Publications & Press
2026 - Voyage Atlanta Magazine - Life & Work with Christy LInton
2025 - Stories & Insights - Canvas Rebel Magazine (April)
2024 - Rising Stars: Meet Christy Linton - San Diego Voyager Magazine (September)
2024 - Live Interview, "Artist Talk with Cyrus Jahanshahi" - Laguna Beach, CA (December)
Philanthropy
2025 - Casa Teresa Annual Gala "Luck Be A Lady Tonight"- Newport Beach, CA (December)
2025 - Fundraiser for LA Fires - Donated artwork Out of the Ashes (January)
2024 - Casa Teresa "That's Amore" Annual Gala - Newport Beach, CA Donated "Golden Sunset" (December)2023 - La Colonia Community Foundation Charity Golf Tournament - Solana Beach, CA (October)
Awards
2024 - Honorable Mention - Out of the Blue Exhibition, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA