LINDA
HUFFMAN
ARTIST
AND EDUCATOR
oil painter, cartoonist, educator, silversmith and kiln-formed
glass artist
Linda began her oil painting career in 1969,
her cartooning career in 1994 & combined both careers into the art of
kiln-formed glass in 2001. L. Huffman
Studios was established as a business in 1992 as conduit for Linda's painting
and cartooning and, since 2001, the business has handled her dichroic glass
jewelry, "Memory Pendants" and glass art.
She has been honored extensively for her achievements as an oil painting artist, educator, cartoonist,
silversmith and kiln-formed dichroic glass artist and has been privileged to have her biography listed in over 39 different "Who's Who" reference volumes
that have been stored in the Library of Congress located in Washington DC (a few of her awards &
reference volumes are listed below), many have
listed her more than once, and has been honored with several one woman art
shows, the most recent being aboard the Queen Elizabeth II on a round trip
cruise to England and has been awarded the following honors and distinguished
titles:
- "International Business and Professional Women's Hall of Fame"
- "Twentieth Century Award for Achievement"
- "Woman of the Year" - 1994, 1996 and 1998
- "International Woman of the Year" - 1994 and 1998
- "Who's Who of the Year" - 1994
- "International Woman of the Year" - 1996 and 1999
- "World Who's Who Hall of Fame"
- "Worlds Who's Who of Women"
- Marquis "Who's Who in America" - 2004, 2005 & 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & the upcoming 2010 edition.
- Marquis "Who's Who in the World" - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & the upcoming 2010 edition.
- National Register's "Who's Who in Executives & Professionals" 2003 - 2004, 2005 - 2006, 2007 - 2008 editions.
- American Biographical Institute's "American Biography" 2003 and 2006 editions.
Linda has been offered membership status in
"The Order of International Fellowship", the "World Foundation of
Successful Women", and the "International Order of Merit" (which
is limited to only 500 members worldwide). She also holds the title of
Deputy Governor for the American Biographical Institute and has been offered the
position as Deputy Director General representing the United States for the
International Biographical Centre located in Cambridge, England. She has also
been nominated for the "International Book of Honor" (again, limited to 500
persons worldwide), the "Gold Star Award" from England and the "Order of
International Ambassadors" which is a society honoring some of the most
accomplished individuals of our time and is a symbol of international success
and leadership, also her biography has been picked for inclusion in the notable
"International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women" for the 4th year in
a row. Linda is also a member of the prestigious "International Platform
Association" which was founded over 150 years ago by Daniel Webster and Josiah
Holbrook and is the nations oldest professional speaking association listing
such notable personalities as Tom Brokaw, David Brinkley, fifteen American
Presidents, Gen. Colin Powell and Jack Anderson as well as many of the most
distinguished men and women of our nation in every field as its distinguished
members. She has also recently been inducted into the "Who's Who Historical
Society" which includes her biography being listed in the 2001, 2003, 2004
and 2006 editions of the
exclusive "International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs", & has been asked by The
American Biographical Institute to accept a three year term as Secretary - General
of their newly established United Cultural Convention.
Her oil paintings hang in many private collections throughout the world and have
been shown on 6 different continents and in major galleries in California,
Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. Cartoonists Northwest ( a cartoonists club
in Seattle, Washington) have awarded Linda their "Rising Star Award" in 1997, a
“Certificate of Achievement" in 1998 as a Finalist in their 1998 "Toonie" Awards
&, along with Terry Short, was awarded "The Best Cartoon of the Year" in 1999
and has had many of her cartoons picked as the "Best of the Northwest" by the
club's members. She is also a graduate of Cartoonarama, a nationally
recognized cartoon course, and has had her cartoons published in such
internationally known magazines as "Woman's World" and "Townsend Letters".
She is an accomplished silversmith & is currently spending most of her free
time designing and creating Memory Pendants - dichroic
pendants with your loved one, special friend or cherished pets crematory ashes
fused between layers of glass.
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