Cynthia, 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 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, SC1997 
• 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