A second generation native San Diegan, Lindsey grew up near Balboa Park, played on La Jolla’s beaches and took her first art class at seven, at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Art was a strong part of her high school and college education. With a relocation to Bedford, N.Y. in 1985 she was able to study with instructors from the Art Students League, National Academy, and Silvermine School of Art: David Leffel, Daniel Green, Peter Layne Arguimbau, Charles Sovek, and Rudy Colao. However, it was Leffel’s ‘Monitor’ of 7 years, Frank Janca, a student of Leffel and Robert Beverly Hale, became Lindsey’s greatest teacher. While his student for two years, she studied Maroger/Old Master still life, portrait, and landscape, and spent 3 weeks in France painting en plein air. Further strengthening her skills, she spent the next 2.5 years studying Botanical Art & Illustration: drawing (I-IV), pen & ink, metalpointe, watercolour, and oil painting at The New York Botanical Garden.

In 1995, Lindsey returned to San Diego, built a studio in her rose garden, surrounded by 90 rose bushes, and combined the teachings of Mr. Janca, with her knowledge of Botanical Illustration, she executed effusive still life paintings placing a strong emphasis on nature’s bounty and beauty.

In 2001, she wrote a curriculum combining botanical illustration, practical studio experience, and being a professional artist, and founded the Botanical Art Institute of San Diego. See Classes for curriculum.

On sabbatical from teaching, she is a passionate student of nature painting en plein air, recalling the teachings of Frank Janca and Ray Roberts (2000). Lindsey is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, B.A. Guild of So. Ca., and the California Art Club. She has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions since 1990. Her work was recently seen at the 1st Annual ASBA North American Western Region Exhibit at Loveland Museum Feb.-April 2003. Her painting Tillandsia reuterii received the Merit Award for Other Color (see Gallery). The painting was also juried into the ASBA/ Horticultural Society of New York's Sixth Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition in Sept. 2003.

Her work was featured in American Artist Magazine, Oct. 2004, The Gardener (back cover, French Tulips), Jan. 2002, Arts, Crafts & Collectibles (cover), Dec. 2002 as well as San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, and Decor & Style magazines.

She has exhibited her paintings in San Diego, CA., Greenwich, CT., Loveland, Colorado, New York, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, and France.

Member:
American Society of Botanical Artists
BAGSC
California Art Club

Founder:
Botanical Art Institute of San Diego
San Diego Society of Botanical Artists.

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