LINDA CHIDO ART
Linda Chido is a representational painter with master’s degrees in architecture and urban planning from the University of Buffalo, New York. In 2001, she began her study of the Mische Technique, an intricate method of indirect painting, under Philip Rubinov Jacobson, a student of Ernst Fuchs. Her work continues to evolve through a dedicated studio practice that blends tradition, depth, and personal vision.
She is also a mom to four amazing kiddos, a teacher, a writer, and an advocate dedicated to making art accessible to folks of all abilities. She and her artist family are based in Austin, TX.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a representational painter working through slow, indirect processes that allow images to emerge over time. My paintings hold tension rather than resolution, bringing together opposing forces such as light and dark, endurance and fragility, intimacy and distance. The work is grounded in lived experience and moves toward images that carry resonance beyond the literal.
My practice is rooted in the Mische Technique, an indirect method that combines oil and water-based media through multiple stages of layering and rest. This process requires extended time and material patience. Paintings are allowed to develop over time before they are considered complete. The method shapes not only the surface of the work, but its pacing, tone, and internal coherence.
Through this approach, I am interested in how beauty can arise alongside difficulty, and how complexity can be held within a single image without collapse. The paintings ask for sustained attention and reward looking slowly, offering a space where personal experience opens into something shared.
