Linda Manning is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is grounded in clay and shaped by an intuitive, responsive process developed over more than twenty years of studio practice. She holds a BS in Interior Design from the University of Texas at San Antonio School of Architecture and spent two decades working in commercial and residential design before devoting her practice fully to fine art.Working across ceramics and mixed media, she builds forms through surface, texture, and evolving material relationships, allowing each piece to develop through attentive making. Manning co-owned and operated a fine art gallery in Boerne, Texas for eight years and has taught clay handbuilding from her studio for more than a decade, experiences that continue to shape her commitment to both community and process.Her work engages ideas of endurance, cultural and political memory, and the strength and agency of women, drawing parallels between human resilience and the ways land bears and adapts to impact. She currently lives and works in Texas and plans to relocate to Santa Fe in the near future.