Linda Angelina Stevens aka L. A. Stevens is a Black American abstract artist, born in southern Alabama in 1957. She paints on canvas and wood. She delights in painting in oil, acrylic and watercolors. Poverty, racism, abduction, rape, and war are the fuels that ignite the flames of inspiration that motivates this self-taught artist. Her emotional state: past, present, and future are poured out into her paintings. More than one viewer has stated that they see people in her paintings, so does she. However, she leaves you to make your own interpretation of what you see in her artwork.