Linda Alfin

Linda Alfin graduated with a bachelors in illustration from The Fashion Institute of Technology in 1997.

After graduation she illustrated foreign postage stamps for two years under the guidance of her mentor. She had created over 100 stamps which have been bought by several African and British countries.

While creating stamps Linda also illustrated storyboards for what might become a featured animation one day. She digitally illustrated over 500 images which were used by the writer to show to different producers. They hope for it to be in theaters some time in the near future.

In the summer of 2000, Linda was asked to paint a mural in a club with the theme of a jungle.

She was there for three months and painted over 250 feet worth of wall throughout the club. That is how Linda's mural carreer began.

All of her work has snowballed through word of mouth and she counts on her customers to show off the beauty of her work.

Linda is also commissioned to paint portraits, dog portraits and any other specific images one might want painted for them.

A request Linda recently had was to illustrate a poem and turn it into a book. The poem was written about the clients grandson. Linda turned the poem into an actual picture book. The client was so happy that they then did the same for her granddaughter.

The Mural Process

Our first meeting we review your ideas, go over my portfolio and I present 100's of ideas from murals all over the world. I find out your budget, take a digital picture of the location and get a small deposit.
Then I prepare a computer sketch of the final product and work with you to make appropriate changes.
We agree on a price and we schedule a date and the job is done.

News

Linda Alfin is a freelance illustrator and muralist who works out of Nesconset, NY. Alfin's mural featuring ranks of brilliant sunflowers and rolling hils appears outside of Dino's Italian restaurant there.

Two years ago, she was asked to paint a nightclub with a jungle theme in Long Beach, NY.

It took her three months to finish painting, "Turquoise on the Boardwalk," and this project led to a number of other commissions for murals.

She also paints commissioned dog portraits, landscapes, and illustrations.

Her mentor at FIT, Rober Sauber, helped her procure a position painting international postage stamps, which she still does "when time permits."