Linda Scholly

Over the last few years, Linda has helped Ragdale transform the property into a Halloween extravaganza for the Rags to Witches event. She has always had a love of Halloween since she was a child as the occasion to be creative and creepy has always fascinated her. It’s an opportunity to use one’s imagination to step outside yourself for one night.

A painter by trade, Linda earned her BA in Fine Arts from the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago and also studied at The School of the Arts in Lacoste France through the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). After graduating, she was an illustrator before she started a mural and design company. For 15 years, Linda and her team decorated walls, floors and furniture with trompe l’ oeil, faux finishes, murals and custom designs. Her work can still be seen at restaurants, corporate businesses and prominent homes throughout Illinois. She currently has a studio space where she paints in oil and is exploring encaustic and other mediums.

For years, she poured her Halloween creativity into her home, creating a haunted house for the neighborhood and her children. She now has the opportunity to collaborate with fellow artists who are as obsessed about Halloween as she is, keeping her love for Halloween alive by being a part of Rags to Witches. Collaborating with a crew of fellow spooky artists is her Halloween heaven.