About the Artist

I came to art late in life. Although I have clear memories of being a small child and absolutely being in love with finger painting when I moved further into my formal education I moved further away from art. I believe it was that I had my own vision of how things worked, (or as my husband says ‘I live in my Cindy world.) So I abandoned formal art education and focused on math and science.

In middle age and after surviving non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a dear friend of mine who was an artist insisted that I paint, claiming that it would save my live. I started painting with a cheap set of craft paints including the primary colors black and white a set of brushed and a water color pad. I copied pictures from art magazines initially, then moving on to still life's, I became a colorist by duplicating colors of random bottles, wallpapers, and fabrics that caught my eye.

The more I painted the more I found my zen. I started taking classes here and there. I have painted still life's, portraits, animals etc. currently I am enjoying intuitive painting. I use primarily mixed media acrylic, watercolor, oil pastels. Anything with pigment catches my eye! I've won Best or Show, First Prizes, Third Prizes, and Honorable Mentions in local shows. But the best New is that I have been in remission since I started painting almost 7 years ago!