Linda Jo Winn Curley was born in Boise, Idaho in 1956. She is a plein-air painter who specializes in painterly depictions of landscapes and wildlife in Utah. She lives in Wallsburg, Utah.

Curley came to Utah when she was ten years old and studied under Paul Forester whom she credits as a major artistic influence. Other influential instructors were Floyd Breinholt, Osral Allred, Harrison Groutage, Jim Norton, and Ken Baxter.

Curley's work is exhibited in conference center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in a Christian reading room in Adelaide, Australia, and in the City Hall of Draper, Utah. She is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America.

Opposites at Diamond Fork (1998) and Break in the Storm (2000) won a merit awards at the Springville Museum of Art spring salon.

Biographical information on this page was adapted from Artists of Utah .