Linda Batdorff Dahl is a graduate of Michigan State University School of Interior Design. She spent 17 years in Minneapolis in her field along with studying at the Edina Art School, where she fell in love with Sumi-e, an Asian ink wash painting style. As a native of Traverse City, she returned home. She has studied with Susan Hanssen, a signature member of the National Watercolor society and an instructor at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. In her pursuit of watercolor and mixed media, Dahl infuses luminous light and color into her nature pieces.