Linda Benton McCloskey will be the the October Featured Guest Artist at The Gallery at LaCigale, located at 451 Route 117, Mount Gretna, PA. There will be a guest artist reception on Friday, October 3, 5-8pm with live music performed by Matt Miskie. This will also be the first Oktoberfest in Mount Gretna.

“Kinship” by Linda Benton McCloskey, 12 x 9 encaustic on cradled panel

After changing careers and researching family history Benton McCloskey discovered that Thomas Hart Benton (an American Regionalist Painter 1889 to 1975) was her great uncle. She has achieved Signature status with the Baltimore Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and Nautilus status with ISEA (International Society of Experimental Artists). Linda has also won numerous national and international awards and has been published in several international publications.