About

Linda Lillegraven was born at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1948.  She received her BA in art from San Diego State University in 1970, and a BS in zoology, also from San Diego State, in 1972.  She then went on to earn a master’s degree in biology from the University of Utah in 1975.  A summer spent doing research in an isolated corner of Utah convinced her that she wanted more than anything to paint the great open landscapes of the West.  Living in Laramie, Wyoming provides infinite opportunities to see and paint the high, open country she loves.  She also paints Yellowstone National Park.  The steaming pools and mats of colorful, hot-water life forms offer a glimpse of the powerful forces of nature that lie just beneath the surface of our world.

Her work is in numerous public and private collections around the West and beyond, including the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and the Wyoming State Museum. She is represented by Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt, Colorado; Big Horn Galleries in Cody Wyoming and Tubac, Arizona; Deselms Fine Art in Cheyenne Wyoming; and Wild Horse Gallery in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.