Linda Pedersen San Francisco Street Artist

Linda was born in Salem, Ore.  Her parents were James P. Pedersen and Martha Jansen.  At an early age, she moved with her mother to Novato, CA and, sadly, lost her mother while still a teenager.  She enrolled at the College of Marin in 1965 and graduated with a BA from Sonoma State in 1970.

Linda entered the San Francisco Street Artist Program in 1978 and for 40 years was a Street Artist. Although she struggled financially, Linda was described by many as “a Giver” and would without question assist her fellow Artists. Linda loved meeting people in person and talking about her Art in addition to donating her art work for projects she believed in. Such as the on-going project to digitize the 1970s TV News Films that depict the struggles of the founding members of the San Francisco Street Artists Movement. 

Linda’s art legacy will be as a painter, jeweler, poet and linocut printer.  Some of her early work was with polymer clay which she used to fashion into realistic looking hand dipped chocolate beads which would then become bracelets and necklaces.

Her remarkable limited edition linoleum reduction cut block prints were first drawn on the blocks in reverse then carved out for each color in painstaking detail.