Awakening the Feminine: The 3rd Chakra Painting

Cynthia has been a mixed media artist all her life, born in 1960, she began to paint obsessively in the 90's/ The daughter of 2nd generation working class Chinese Americans, Cynthia grew up crafting with free, found objects and imagination. Cynthias work explores and discusses issues affecting women and women of color. She is passionate about working the realm of social justice, community engagement, spirituality and awakening the feminine. Her work has been a catalyst for personal and social change, not only for her, but for those who view and collect her work.Each art work is developed on a purely intuitive level. She listens to her muse as a process of discovery and meditation. She has been an artist in residence at both the de Young and the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Paintings; art installations and curatorial endeavors are the main stay of her work. Documentation about Cynthia and her work are included in Smithsonian Archives of American Art - "What is Feminist Art", CEMA -Calif. Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at UC Santa Barbara, the textbook, Women Artist of the American West, editor Susan Ressler (Purdue University, 2004)and University of Padua text book examining the Asian American Women Artists diaspora on the West Coast, U.S.A. www.cynthiatom.com,