During my growing up years, and on through high school, I drew and drew, and painted all sorts of pictures.  I can remember going over to my friend’s house, and we would play recordings of Broadway musicals, and draw the covers of such journals as Parade Magazine.  So, without putting the puzzle pieces into place, I was honing my drawing skills by copying the Sunday Parade covers of movie stars, and the like.  I loved to draw and this drawing activity fed right into my imaginative facility.  I was born with a wonderful imagination that I kept stimulated through reading, movies, comic stripes, and such.   I also remember the movie makers used to have serialized stories which were shown weekly as a continuing narrative, i.e. Chapter one, Chapter two, etc., of Superman, Lone Ranger, Dick Tracey.  These weekly chapters more or less followed the comic strip stories that also had a long running narrative.  It was only natural for me to develop my own narrative story in paint.  Thus:  Doktor Thrill was born.

In the period before the arrival of Doktor Thrill, I collected a number of college degrees, including a Ph.D. in Art Education, an art school degree, etc, etc.  I became a Professor of Art at Arizona State University, Sacramento State University, Oregon State University, and was also a Department Chairman for a number of years at ASU.  I also wrote several textbooks on art.  During all this time I painted, drew, and worked at mastering my skills in art.  I was ready for something big to happen.

And something big did happen.  After working for six years on a narrative idea in paint, Doktor Thrill was born in 1977.  I had a major exhibition of my paintings at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts.  John Armstrong, then Director of the Art Program at SCFTA, came over to my Paradise Valley home (an early Arizona home made from adobe) and loved what I was doing in my paintings and drawings.  We scheduled a showing for the fall of 1977, and viola!  Doktor Thrill came to life in Scottsdale and the rest is history.

Earl Linderman’s work is represented in Arizona by Wilde Meyer Galleries.  Click on any piece to enlarge it.

The Poetry of Love Earl Linderman 36" x 24" oil on canvas

Pussy Cat's on the Prowl Earl Linderman 41" x 36" oil on canvas

Breakfast at Tiffany's Earl Linderman 32" x 36" oil on canvas

Casablanca Earl Linderman 36" x 36" oil on canvas

Tap Tap Tap Dancing Earl Linderman 48" x 48" oil on canvas

Femmes Dangerous Earl Linderman 60" x 48" oil on canvas

Reflections in the Mirror of Love Earl Linderman 60" x 48" oil on canvas