Linda Kukuk

Biography – Linda Kukuk

Linda Kukuk, a life-time resident of the Oklahoma City area, is a self-taught artist.  Since the early 1960’s she has participated in numerous art shows, specializing in scratch board art.  She and her husband have traveled extensively throughout Africa, Europe, Russia, and the South Pacific, which has given her a myriad of interesting subjects to paint and draw.

Her retirement as Chief of the Commander’s Protocol Office at Tinker AFB in March 2002, has given her more time to pursue her artistic endeavors.   Since then, she has been painting mainly in watercolor and has discovered this just may be her favorite medium. She still continues with scratchwork, but is using claybord, which allows her to add watercolor to this traditionally “black and white” medium.   Linda enjoys painting a very wide variety of subjects and considers anything to be fair game for her paper and claybord. 

Being a native Oklahoman of Choctaw ancestry, and having grown up in rural Oklahoma, right next door to rodeo performers, she especially enjoys painting rodeo, cowboy life, and  Native American themes.

She is a member of the Oklahoma Art Guild, Edmond Art Association, and Oklahoma Watermedia Association.  She has won numerous awards and purchase awards for her paintings and scratchwork.  Linda’s work has been in the Festival of Arts in Oklahoma City, as well as the OCCC Arts Festival Oklahoma, Downtown Edmond Art Festivals, Red Earth Art Shows,  and Oklahoma Art Guild National Shows – all juried shows. 

She is also represented by three galleries:  The Howell Gallery in Oklahoma City, Simply Oklahoma Gallery, Guthrie, and Indian River Gallery, Desert Passage Shops, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“International Artist” magazine selected one of Linda’s paintings to be featured in one of their books.  The title of the book is “How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Still Life’s and Florals Vol. II.”

In addition to art, Linda enjoys photography, travel, gardening, cooking, and holds an Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator’s license.  Believing God has given her a wonderful gift, she also enjoys sharing her artistic talent to support numerous charitable events each year.