Linda Crewe was born in Sydney on April 17,1962. A resident of the Pier Linda started school at Elmwood, then attended grades 2 – 7 at Holy Redeemer Girls School. Junior High years were spent at Don Bosco, and she graduated from Holy Angles (Girls) High School in 1980. While attending Jr. High she began to attend oil painting classes, which was part of the Sydney Recreational Leisure Program. She says “My Father, Wally Crewe (now deceased) would stand in the line-ups to register me, so that I could attend the Art Classes!”. With that kind of support from her family and with the guidance and encouragement of instructor Sister Harriett MacNeil, Linda went on to attend other classes at the Cape Breton School of Crafts. Some years later, Linda moved to Toronto, where she attended the Ontario College of Art and Design. During her four years at OCA Linda worked with a variety of mediums including oils, watercolour, pastel, egg tempera, silver point and encaustic. Linda says “I feel lucky to have been exposed to such a variety of mediums”. While attending Art College Linda concentrated on drawing and tributes her skills to instructors Peter Mah, and Richard Robinson. Linda received much encouragement from her family and she successfully completed her courses and graduated from OCA in 1993, at which time she returned to Cape Breton.