Lin lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Dave, a fishing guide on the Columbia River. Lin has been painting in oil for twenty years, painting on birch panels, aluminum or galvanized flashing. She describes her creative process: “I draw into the wet paint, revealing the underlying support. The tremor in my hand makes this line work lively, and intensely personal. Following my diagnosis of multiple sclerosis four years ago, I found myself struggling with painting indoors rather than out; sitting instead of standing... Window sill paintings offer me a chance to think about outside and inside, and how they are never exactly where we think.... I call these paintings windowsill meditations. I think of them as stories I tell.”