I grew up in Towson, Maryland, just up Route 95 from Washington, D.C. It was a preppy town and I dressed the part wearing my pink and green pastels, but with a twist - black goth ribbons and bows as accents and crystals hidden in my bra. My unique fashion sense and instinct to go against the grain is where my love and fascination with fairies and fairy art sprouted. At school, I spent most of my time in art class and I constantly looked for ways to cut other classes to make room for more time for art. 

Art never stopped being a passion. After finishing school, I started a family, and we moved to the countryside where we lived in a little log cabin in the woods. I lived there for several years and raised my children in nature, but I felt like something was missing.  I like to say that’s when the fairies whispered in my ear, “it’s time to go.” It was a very difficult time in my life, but eventually I left the little log house to find new adventures and I’ve been exploring ever since. You can still find me in Towson, MD or the little log house from time to time, but I like to think that like a fairy, the deep wilderness is where I feel most at home.  

In 2012, my life took a drastic turn. I was in a catastrophic car accident, which would have a lasting effects on me including 2 years of cognitive and physical therapy. The accident impacted my ability to paint and create new products to showcase. I explored varying ways to manage the effects of my accident and in 2014 I was first introduced to the benefits of cannabis. By 2015, I could once again paint thanks to the healing properties of cannabis. After my first-hand experience with medical marijuana, I felt compelled to share my experience with other people.

I am a fairy artist by trade and my original business was creating fairy art. Before my accident, I would spend the Spring, Summer and Fall vending my wares at large fairy festivals across the United States. It wasn’t until I experienced the healing properties of cannabis that I learned more about the  industry. 

In 2016 I attended the first annual National Cannabis Festival. I was blown away by the diversity of the attendees and quickly realized there was potential to showcase my art designs to this market.  In 2017, I decided to return to NCF as an exhibitor and designed rolling papers to showcase. I noticed similarities in demographics of the fairy art world and the cannabis-enthusiast world and decided to take a chance and shift my art towards a cannabis-user market.  It was the right move, because I completely sold out inventory at the second NCF. 

Being an entrepreneur in the cannabis industry is equal parts rewarding and challenging. I have experienced every emotion one can possibly imagine while pivoting and building my company, but wouldn’t trade it for the world. The cannabis industry has allowed me to reach out and share my story with people I may not otherwise have encountered, helping them understand the benefits of art therapy and cannabis. Working in this space, I try to go with my gut instinct and make fast business and personal decisions. The effects of my 2012 accident often prevent me from focusing on ideas for too long, but I also find it best to not second or third guess any decision I make otherwise I find myself not moving forward at all. 

For every challenge I’ve faced, I’ve also achieved important milestones. My proudest moment to-date took place at the Champs Trade Show in February. I bumped into an individual who I previously met when looking for companies to distribute my designed ashtrays. I remember our interaction going sour very quickly as I realized that they would not take me or my product seriously. I saw the same person at the February trade show, but this time they approached ME to make a large order for distribution. Not only that, they asked me to sign one of my pieces. I couldn’t believe it!

Having allies in this industry is so important. I found my first alliances through the team at the National Cannabis Festival. My first festival experience led to my revelation to pivot my business towards the cannabis space and the second festival in 2017 is where I found the platform to try out my new business approach. Not long after the 2017 festival, I met Bobby Windsor at Nature’s Care and Wellness in Maryland. He knew I had just entered into the cannabis space and we collaborated on a design that was used on ashtrays sold at his Maryland dispensary. The experience so encouraging and I knew there was a future for my art in this space. 

Running this company has exposed me to so many new experiences and a network of supportive people. Those experiences and people are the driving force behind my determination to continue taking risks and see how far I can go.

About Linda Biggs:

Since she was a little girl, International Fantasy Artist, Linda Biggs, had a gifted way of seeing the world. Her eyes reflected a sparkle of brilliant colors—like illuminated rainbows streaming through a spring rain. Nature in its unfolding beauty inspired her, pushed her to feel and embrace all things animated and sensual, as well as all things ethereal and pure. Experiencing life and seeking the truth was part of her soul, an effervescent sprite, bursting at the heart with unbridled energy and warmth. But artists with a passion to live and explore invite a different sort of reality—an opening to a darker side. Embracing the world meant embracing it all, and when the gate to the heart is opened, even the dark spirits can enter in.

For some time, Linda knew that a wall of pain had quietly and secretly surrounded her. From her castle keep, she drew her inspiration from her beautiful daughters and she lived her "so called" happy life. Her rainbow works were published internationally in books, magazines and licensed products. She authored an exclusive book "Her Rainbow World" where she mystified her collectors with fantastic watercolors. And from within those walls; from behind that locked gate, she poured out her soul with every stroke of her brush. Collectors loved the expression. They loved it because it was real. Finally, here was a woman who expressed herself from both in front of—and behind—the masks we all wear. We all secretly yearn. Haven’t we all felt trapped?

That fortress gate couldn’t lock her in forever. The force that kept her bound had only so much strength. Like a volcano, her rainbow was about to explode. No one, not even those who loved her most, had a clue this was about to occur. Once the gates were broken, the walls crumbled and everything dark and painful was unleashed. Her rainbow mist faded to a steady rain.

In those depths, Linda embraced her art. She let the rain wash all that was false and corrupt into a deep, dark hole. She watched all of that pain drift away and she kicked the gate shut with her mighty boots. From there, a new black and white style of art has risen up. It’s fresh. It’s honest. It has no boundaries—no rules. It sees into and through all that we want to be and all that we are. It is purely, black and white.
Linda's work tells her dramatic story. It’s a new chapter blossoming from the rainbow magic she once created. Her past is now a surreal tale; her own fairietale. This new work is sobering, soothing, harsh, yet beautiful - like stones in a river, tumbling over and over, life sometimes wears you to a smooth and beautiful patina. This new portfolio reveals loss, love and a renewed spirit. It’s exciting and well earned. Linda Biggs’ new art offers us a new strength and a new reality. With her art as her sword, all the masks are destroyed and gone, forever.