Linda Avey Original Navajo Girls Flower Floral Framed Watercolor and Mixed Media Ink Painting 1980

This is an original watercolor painting by artist Linda Avey. Painting is of Navajo Children and flowers. Painting is signed by the artist and dated 1980. This was originally sold and framed by Linda Avey's gallery in Scottsdale Arizona called Small World Gallery. I have been unable to find this painting previously sold or listed anywhere on the internet. There are some very similar ones. But this one has not been sold recently and not listed in any of her listed works.

This framed art measures 24.5" x 19.5" x 3/4"

The painting/canvas is 17.5" x 12.25".

Linda Avey American b. 1947 – 1998 was an Arizona artist renowned for her representation of wide-eyed Native American children. In all of her paintings, she captured the happy, joyous days of youthful activity with her expressive, high-spirited children.

Linda Avey had a remarkable talent for art and for most of her life she earned her living as such. The sun always shined in Linda Avey’s world. She had a fertile imagination and portrayed children in so many different scenes with a range of expressions, character and spirit. Her paintings took the collector to a much simpler, happier time. Her scenes were delightful, believable and she brought her characters to life through the brilliant use of colors.

Because her pieces were in such high demand, she produced a number of signed, limited edition lithograph prints as well as collector plates through Kern Collectibles.

Her art was displayed in prominent Scottsdale galleries and she had patrons; the most notable being Lou Grubb, a well-known car dealer and public figure. Her own Gallery was called “It's a Small World”. She was very commercially successful and her work still is seen selling in the internet.

FAMILY:

… Daughter of George Avey, former art director of Arizona Highways Magazine for 35 years, and Barbara Avey, artist

… sister of Gary Avey, editor and publisher of Native Peoples Magazine

PUBLICATIONS:

… Sandstone Creations cards

… Illustrator for the book “Santa Comes to Supai” by Madge Foster Knobloch in Arizona Highways, December 1988.