Linda Fry Kenzle (born May 1960) is an American author, jewelry designer, painter and garden designer.
Biography Kenzle grew up in Wisconsin, surrounded by nature.Janet L. Stoodley (December 20, 1998) "Inspired: All Around Her, Artist Finds Ideas For Jewelry And Her Garden", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-06-10. In addition to studying art at college she developed a wide variety of interests, including her self-taught passion for gardening and beadwork. She has designed jewelry valued at several thousand dollars in price.
Kenzle has done two major studies. The first explored the psychological and social functions of dress. The second focused on the history of beadwork from prehistoric times to today.
She is the author of ten books: five on art, four on gardening, and a multimedia anthology.
Kenzle is a painter of Abstract and Surrealistic Paintings.
Gardening She has done landscape design for the Kappas Estate, Casa del Sueños, Boardmans, etc. She specializes in layering shrubs and perennials with occasional accents of annuals to create the all-season garden.
She is an expert in propagation and has taught and cloned botanicals. She is especially known for herbs.
Publications Art Dolls, 1985, Geneva Street Press Herbs, 1990, Third Coast Book Company Scented Geraniums, 1991, Eastlake Unlimited Vines For America, 1992, Eastlake Unlimited Embellishments: Adding Glamor to Garments, 1993, Chilton Book Company Dazzle: Creating Artistic Jewelry & Distinctive Accessories, 1995, Chilton Book Company The Irresistible Bead, 1996, Hyperion Gathering: Using Simple Materials Gleaned From the Garden & Nature, 1998, KPBooks Pages: Innovative Book Making Techniques, 1998, Krause Publications Hit or Miss, 34 Autobiographical Paintings in hand-tipped plates, 2008, ICON Productions The Primal Abstracts, 50 hand-tipped plates, 2008, ICON Productions The Primal Abstract, 51+ hand-tipped color plates, 2009 Eat Me, 2009 Real/ Surreal, 2014 Hit or Miss, 33+ hand-tipped color plates, 2014 Greetings from the Florida Keys, 2014 ARMOR: Breastplates & Masks, 2014 Exquisite Decay, 2014 Collage & Assemblage, 2014 Love Letters to My Dying Husband, 2014
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External links Linda Fry on AbsoluteArts.com