Linda Biggs is an American painter, working with watercolors. Her fantasy art blends gothic aesthetics with rainbow motifs in the lowbrow art style. Early life, education, career Biggs is of mixed ancestry; She is self-employed as a professional artist, entrepreneur, and eco-friendly business owner since 1999. Her lithographs are printed on recycled paper with soy ink and shipped in recycled packaging. Work and reception Biggs's work centers around her own experiences in life, presenting her stories through characterizations of Native Americans, mermaids, fairies, sirens, dragons, tramps, and her personal creation of "Little faerie Freaks", in the underground comix-influenced lowbrow art style. She regularly displays her works at International FaerieCon, Spoutwood Fairie Festival and Sugarloaf Craft festivals. Biggs is a participating artist in the books, The Art of Faery, The World of Faery, and Her Rainbow World. Finding that her work was sought after by temporary tattoo makers, she began production of flash kit tattoo stencils. In their 'Coffee With' Dec 1, 2010 interview, she compared her depictions of fairies, from their beginnings, "about 10 years ago", to her work at the time. "...They were a whole different world of fairies...they were sweet, and just pretty. Now I've taken them to where they mean something" * Balance, 2003 - Meditation Fairie (executed and retired, as Native Spirit).
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