Linda Rossin specializes in poignant portrayals of birds and mammals of North America and East Africa, and is quickly gaining respect for her paintings portraying the great cats of the world. Acrylics are her primary medium, but she chooses to work with oils for plein air and large pieces. Linda is one of the few professional American wildlife painters who embody animals in the traditional miniature* format. Although she may specialize in these highly collectible little gems, she has also been known to produce paintings upwards of six feet. She is especially interested in the Impressionists, and although her work is detailed, Impressionistic techniques are integrated into each piece, including miniatures. She may draw on many sources for research, but it is her personal observation and wild encounters that brings each Rossin painting to life.

An adventurous sprit has taken this New Jersey painter on a complex artistic journey from silversmithing, to fashion design, to big city graphic art and advertising before she revisited her childhood affinity for animals through wildlife art at the age of forty. It may have been a long and winding road, but years of hard work and a dedication to her craft have garnered Linda many distinctive honors, awards and associations.

As a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists, Linda's emotionally stimulating paintings have been selected for inclusion in the Society's Small Works Big Impressions, as well as the Annual Member's Exhibitions and National Tours of Art and the Animal. The World Federation of Miniaturists featured her miniatures in The 3rd Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature hosted by The Smithsonian and The 4th Worldwide Exhibition, The Little Big Picture at the Bernie Regional Art Gallery in Australia. Her paintings have also been published in numerous publications, including The Best of Wildlife Art, Volumes 1 and 2 from North Light Books. Linda's images have been licensed to the Bradford Exchange and Dimensions Needlecrafts to name a few, and her ever growing number of limited edition reproduction prints are currently being sold throughout North America and abroad.

Ms. Rossin participates in many prestigious national and international shows and exhibitions. She has served as both juror and judge for several international miniature art events. Along with her Signature Member status within the Society of Animal Artists (SAA) she is also a Signature Member of: Artists for Conservation (AFC), Association of Miniature Artists (AMA), Miniature Artists of America (MAA), and Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society (MPSGS). Other associations include: Cider Painters of America (CPA), Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF), and Nature Art International.

Gallery representation includes: Decoys & Wildlife Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ; John Tucker Fine Arts, Savannah, GA and des Champs Gallery, Lambertville, NJ.

*Traditional miniature art is fine art painted in small scale with minute attention to detail. Paintings must be able to withstand enlargement or close inspection without revealing faults and may be no larger than twenty-five square inches. Subject matter must be one-sixth life-size or smaller.