Raised on nearby Anna Maria Island, Linda Howard finds inspiration for her work in sea shells and natural forms found in the Florida environment. Her work exists in contradiction – what is new or modern versus what is old and transcendence from one space to another. The critic Donald Kuspit comments on Howard's work: "Looking modern, by reason of its industrial materials, and looking as though a mathematical game was its basis, yet having a peculiar aura of transcendence… Howard has succeeded, in modern terms, in realizing the old task of religious architecture: to create a clear order that emanates and spreads joy." In Linda Howard’s words "...archways are gateways to transitional spaces, moving one, step-by-step, from a personalized human scale to a larger space, and then on conceptually to the expanded universe beyond."
Howard’s public work can be seen throughout the Tampa Bay and Sarasota areas.