Painter, Cynthia Reid grew up just north of New York City, but has spent most of her life in Texas. Currently living about 40 miles north of Houston, on the edge of the piney woods, on 6 acres with her artist husband, 2 cats and 2 dogs. Her workspace is in the old 2-car garage, now converted, and which she describes as ”wonderful”!
It seems Cynthia has always been an artist, making art since she was a child, and upon graduation from college, became a high school art teacher. As an educator, she has acquired a wealth of knowledge in many art processes, but her personal favorite, and the one you will find predominating in her etsy shop, is watercolor.
It was in 1985 after a bout with breast cancer that caused the then young, single mom to reflect on her life and make the decision to pursue her passion more fully. She took a leave of absence from her job and headed back to school full time where she pursued an MFA in painting, concentrating in watercolor. She got that degree and has been cancer free for the past 26 years!
As seems to be the case with many artists, Cynthia describes herself as a much better maker of art rather than a marketer of art. “In the past I did large outdoor shows and was in a few galleries. These days I do only a few local shows per year, but for the past year I've been working on establishing an online presence.” Nowadays, she says, “My biggest challenge as an artist, and as a person, is time management!” Well, she’s got a lot going on!
You can visit Cynthia’s online etsy shop at CynArt.etsy.com
On Facebook
Her blog
Her dogs blog! (extremely cute!)
And her tumblr page under construction with the help of fellow etsyian and practically neighbor, Paula of PaulaArt, subject of a recent Spotlight Interview!
Oh Betsy! I'm thrilled and embarrassed at the same time! ;-D I love how you tiled the paintings, and they look so great in their virtual frames! You do SUCH a great job with this feature, and I know everyone on the team appreciates your very professional results. I know I have enjoyed the features of others; getting a look inside their studios, and learning a little about the person behind the page. THANK YOU!
ReplyDeletebeautiful work cynthia-- a pleasure to read your interview!
ReplyDeleteCynthia, you are such a wonderful person, and I love the sunlit studio, your use of light and shadow, Everything! This was a real treat reading about you here!! Thank you both!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathi -- I LOVE your work!
ReplyDeleteDawn, this is quite the compliment, coming from you! I'm an admirer! Thank you -- and thank you Betsy!
ReplyDeleteYour work is so colorful and awesome Cynthia! I love seeing the picture of you working in your studio too....so inspiring (: Great interview...and so cool to learn more about you! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteCynthia, great work space, edge of piney woods, eh, sounds divine !!
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome scoop, Betsy.
Everything you say about Cynthia is true. Besides being so talented, she's a good friend.
ReplyDeleteCynthia's work is as beautiful and amazing as she is. Her work is soulful and filled with movement and color-line-music. So glad she is being featured with this article.
ReplyDeletecynthia was one of the first people i met when i moved to texas a year or so ago...i can attest to her creativity..busy life...6 acres of wonderfulness and a heart of gold. nice to see such a great artist profile :) her work always sells wherever she exhibits/markets and she is always pushing herself to 'mix it up'.proud to know you woman.
ReplyDeleteOh Cynthia, what a wonderful article and photos of your art. If only there were room to post all the hundreds of other pieces of art. Trust me, everything is a masterpiece! Cynthia is truely an amazing woman. I just don't know how she has time to do what all she does. It's not just the fact that she does so many things, it's the fact that she does them so well. I swear the woman has the touch of Midas. I am so blessed to know her. I appreciate the fact that I can see her art first hand. Just amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt's almost overwhelming to read these comments -- who is this woman they're talking about??? Thank you so much Sarah -- and your work is also colorful and awesome! Yes Pey -- I feel very fortunate and am totally grateful for that every single day. And then my real life friends! Glenda and Charlene -- thanks for your comments, and Charlene, yours are ridiculously over the top! :-D (But, I appreciate it!)Susie (my real life friend who moved away and became an online friend), thank you and you are such a wordsmith! And Paula -- online/real world and a total inspiration, and my technical guru! Always pushing me -- I need to get on Etsy; I need a blog; now I need to get busy on tumblr. Thanks for the encouragement and instruction -- VERY proud to know you too!
ReplyDeleteLove your work Cynthia, your trees are my favorits ,
ReplyDeleteThanks Betsy for the wonderful presentation