Linda Ryle was born in Newcastle upon-Tyne, where she did a Foundation Course before going to Goldsmiths College, London to do a Dip.A.D in Fine Art. Linda lived and taught in London until 1975, when with her husband Julian Cooper, also a painter, she moved to the Lake District. In 2002 they moved to Cockermouth.
Many paintings are oil on wood, but there are some pastels and watercolours.