Linda was born in Manchester in 1951, and studied at Manchester Metropolitan University, attaining a foundation in Visual Studies, a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and a PGCE in Art. She went on to receive an MA in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University.
Linda Weir held many teaching positions between 1983 and 2003 including at the University of Nottingham and Manchester Metropolitan University. She was a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Art and a founder member of the Manchester Artists Studio Association. She now lives in St Ives, Cornwall where she continues to paint 'en plein air'.
'Mostly a la prima, impasto, layered and tonal colours. I love the oil paint and the improbability of the images caught up in wheals of paint. They are alive forever in the paint and continue to live and change with the changing perception of the viewer.'