Cyntia Blairhere and here
I am a freelance artist with expertise in both traditional artwork and digital design. I adore both, and embrace the way technology now allows us to combine and create work that can impart layers of meaning. Classically trained as an illustrator, I’m first and foremost a traditional artist, though equally at home in the digital world. I’ve won awards and been featured in several art magazines, as well as being a signature member of some art societies.
I use Photoshop to develop and refine painting concepts, often compositing and manipulating images to bring a heightened sense of reality to my subjects. These are used as references for the final painting. I am comfortable in a variety of mediums: charcoal, pastels, and oils, both small scale and large.
I also enjoy a variety of subjects, equally at home with portraits, animals, florals, landscapes and seascapes…I’ll try any subject I have the desire to explore. I’m always up for a new challenge and a chance to learn and grow spiritually.
Helping other artists bridge the gap between their traditional art world and the digital world comes naturally to me, and I truly enjoy being able to help them market their art online. In this respect, I’ve worked with clients across town and across the globe, empowering them to reach out to new markets through custom designed websites and social networking. I donate as much time as I can spare to charities and volunteer efforts, as well as mentoring young artists online through DeviantArt.com.
About the paintings:
"Through my paintings I wish to express something more, the intangible center which transcends the ordinary and illuminates the mythic essence, if you will, which exists within us, unchanged since we were children. As children, we absorbed the beauty of all around us, touched with a glow of magic conjured by our imaginations. I wish to bring the viewer back to that time, to experience things, maybe not as they were, but as we wish to remember them.”
First Place, CIAA Annual Art Show August 2008 for "Drifting"
Second Place, Open Juried Show at Town Hall Gallery, July 2008 for "Moonrise over Old Harbor"
Award of Merit, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod exhibition, "For Pastels Only, on Cape Cod" August 2004 "Sunflower Solstice II"
People's Choice Award "CIAA Exhibition at Wickford Art Assn." for "Behind Zeek's" March 2004
First Place "Affair Of The Art" Juried Open Competition, Randall Gallery, Feb 2004, for "Swept Away"
2nd Place "Still Life" catagory, Pastel Journal "Annual 100" 2003 among 3000 entries for "Sunflower Solstice I"
Hon. Mention CIAA Annual Show for "Sunsplash 3: Frolic" July 2003
Hon. Mention in Wickford Art Association's "Here's looking at you" portrait competition for "Forward Spin" Jan 2003
Won Holbein Award for Excellence, "Renaissance in Pastel" Connecticut Pastel Society, for "Waiting for the Tide" Nov 2002
Juried 3 paintings into PPSCC exhibition, "For Pastels Only, on Cape Cod" August 2002 "Sunset Sail", "Breakfast on the Patio", "Duck Pond Reflections"
Finalist in Pastel Int'l Magazine competition, "Still Life/Floral" July 2002 issue for "Waterlilies"
Juried into WAA "Ocean State" exhibition, July 2002 for "Run with the Waves"
Juried 3 paintings into Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod Signature Members Show; May 2002 "Dinghy Dock II" chosen as exhibition postcard.
2nd place, Wickford Art Association show, "Kids, Games and Animals" 2002 for "The Draft Horse"
Juried into Newport Art Museum Member's Show 2002 for "Koi Pond II"
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