I am interested in the life force; a dangerous beauty entailing seduction, sexual prowess and moaning hormones. I want to celebrate the spirit of life. The work, two-stepping towards figuration, beckoning seductively, singing the high notes for recognition. They beckon the viewer to come closer, "come hither." I want to make something gorgeous, elegant. Oh my God, have I gone over the line. Is this Baroque-a-go-go? I wish my work to smell of the sea, have colors as soft and slippery as a satin quilt and taste the effervescent, tingle of pink. Succulent!!

Linda Lighton studied painting and ceramics at the Factory of Visual Arts in Seattle Washington from 1971-1974 with David Furman, Patti Warashina, Margaret Ford, among others. After living on the Colville Indian Reservation from 1974 -1976, she was on the Mortarboard Society at the University of Idaho 1975-1976. In 1989 she received a BFA with honors from the Kansas City Art Institute in the sculpture department.

Linda has had 43 solo shows since 1974 and participated in 112 group exhibitions including 1st World Ceramic Bienniale in Icheon Korea in 2001, International Bienal de Manises,Valencia, Spain, 2006, 20th Icheon Ceramic Festival, Icheon, Korea, 2006 , World Clay at the Latvian National Museum, Riga, Latvia, 2006, American Museum of Ceramics, Fuping, China, 2007.

Linda is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. She has had the opportunity to represent the United States in Latvia at international symposiums 1992 and 1998. She has participated in residencies at the Jiesia Bone China Factory, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1993, International Workshop for Ceramic Art in Tokonome, Japan, 1996, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, 2003 with the Binyamini Foundation, the Isreali Ceramic Artists Association in 2005 and at the Fule Pottery Village in Fuping, China, 2007.

Linda is an arts advocate and activist in Kansas City. She helped to instigate the 1 percent for the arts program in Kansas City as it is administered today. Linda serves on the National Committee at the Kemper Museum of Art, the Kansas City Ballet Board, and administers the Lighton International Artists change Program at the Kansas City Artists Coalition.