Cynthia Jewell Pollett, a native of Aiken, South Carolina, has painted professionally for 34 years. She graduated from Atlanta College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1978.

Cynthia’s career has included being an art director and muralist, she owned a successful graphic design business for 20 years. Since 2006 Cynthia has returned to her heart’s desire and is glad to be painting full-time.

Cynthia and her husband, George, have been married for 42 years. They have had the blessing of raising three children and now have six beautiful grandchildren.

After being missionaries in the coal mining “hollers” of Kentucky for three years and six years in China, George and Cynthia now live in Murphy, the westernmost NC town in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains where Cynthia finds inspiration for many of her paintings. Cynthia serves as a board member of the Cherokee County Arts Council.

Artist Statement:

Cynthia calls herself a contemporary impressionistic oil painter. “I work hard at capturing a quality of light and color that supports the overall impression or mood. I enjoy pushing my color to an extreme in order to convey a message. If I have succeeded in immersing my viewer into an environment I have created on canvas and caused my viewer to see the extraordinary in the ordinary, then I have accomplished my task.”

Accomplishments:

2022 Solo Show - Cherokee County Arts Council Gallery, Murphy, NC

2021-2022 - Cherokee County Arts Council Board Member

2021- Murphy Art Walk Director, Murphy, NC

2021 First Place - Silver Arts Show, Murphy, NC
2020 Second Place - Hiawassee Plein Air Paint Out, Hiawassee, GA

2020 First Place - State Silver Arts Show, Raleigh, NC
2020 First Place - Silver Arts Show, Murphy Art Center
2020 Second Place - Silver Arts Show, Murphy Art Center
2011 Best in Show - Art Trail Gallery, Flo., SC
2011 First Place - Art Trail Gallery, Flo., SC
2009 Charleston Artist Guild Gallery Member
2009 Honorable Mention - Blackbaud Art Show, Daniel Island, SC

2009 Juried into Charleston Artist Guild Exhibiting Member
2009 Juried into “Girl with a Gold Earring” Show and Competition, Charleston, SC

2008 Solo Show: Lynda English Studio and Gallery, Flo, SC

1997 Solo Show: The Florence Art Museum, Florence, SC
1996 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition: Honorable Mention, Florence Art Museum

1991 ADDY Award: Freedom Florence Brochure
1987 Outstanding Young Women in America