Linda Chalberg

A Native Texan, Linda Chalberg has lived in Boerne since 1979.  With degrees in education and library science she has been a teacher, librarian, but mostly a stay at home mom, soccer coach, and PTO president and volunteer.  Linda took her first painting class on location in Colorado in 1997.

Painting en plein air has become Linda’s passion and it has led her to travel all around the U.S. and to Europe on many painting trips.  By studying with nationally known instructors, she has developed a solid foundation in the principles and elements of design.  Creative realism allows her to enhance color and simplify shapes to produce unique watercolors.

"Painting en plein air is wonderful, frustrating, transforming, challenging, and enriching.  Soaking up the sights, sounds, and smells, feeling the heat of the sun or the blast of a cold wind, holding a paintbrush in one hand while grabbing a bite of local food with the other, all combine to help me capture what I feel about the subject.  Bugs in my paint?  They just add texture!"