Linda Fantuzzo spent her childhood in Endicott, NY, where she created images from an early age. In 1968 she went to Philadelphia to study at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1973. She then moved to Charleston, SC, and continues to work full time in her studio near the harbor. The quality of light and the beauty of the architecture first attracted Linda to the region, where she continues to enjoy its vital arts community.

Fantuzzo worked non-objectively in various media for more than 10 years and then chose to return to painting representationally. She has been represented by galleries in the Charleston area since the 1970s, and has enjoyed five solo museum exhibitions in SC and GA. Linda is active in the arts community, having served on panels for the SC State Arts Commission Acquisitions Committee, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Redux, and the Trident Region Arts & Culture Plan. She has served as a juror for several public galleries and was the project director for “Larger Than Life: A Second Story Show”, sponsored by the Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs during the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Presently, Linda is Assistant Executive Director for the Manning Williams Trust and Legacy.

The Burroughs-Chapin Museum in Myrtle Beach was gifted two paintings by Fantuzzo, who had a solo exhibition at the Myrtle Beach Art Museum in 2004. The paintings are quite large and are part of a series called Penumbra, which means: a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light. These two paintings are all about the use of light – the use of light to illuminate portals or passageways into ambiguous spaces, where viewers can fill in the blank with their imagination. As Fantuzzo writes in her artist statement for this series, “Each viewer comes with their personal history and therefore, will interpret what they see in this twilight of existence. I certainly find myself wanting to chase the light and explore where it might take me in these peaceful and evocative scenes. In Twilight Juncture, I want to climb the ladder up to the top of that building and get a closer look at the full moon. And in Fortress (which is a view from Fort 

Moultrie, Sullivan’s Island, SC – with some artistic license), I want to climb the illuminated staircase that we can just make out at the right edge of the building and head in the same direction that the wind is blowing, as indicated by the red flag”

In a letter from the artist to Burroughs-Chapin Museum, she writes: “My husband passed away March 14, 2023, and it is in memory of him that I wish to donate the two works. My husband, H. Edward Warmuth ... believed in me and my art. He supported me emotionally and financially as I pursued my life as a painter in Charleston. He was my biggest fan. We admired, and encouraged each other in our chosen vocations. I wish to thank and honor him in this way.”

The paintings will be on display at Burroughs-Chapin Museum on the second-floor – just outside the Art Studio – in 2025.

Linda’s paintings are also represented in the collections of the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; South Carolina State Arts Commission Collection, Columbia, SC; the River Course and Cassique Clubs of Kiawah, SC; the Doonbeg Club of County Clare, Ireland; several other public collections; and numerous private collections throughout the country.