Cynthia Shiner Padgett

1948 Kansas City, MO, USA
I work with pastels and oils, creating intensely colored, metaphorical images. Myths both ancient and modern infuse the work, connecting realities. I have been fortunate to show in Europe and Asia and New York and to meet wonderful artists along the way. My family and my life are entwined with my work, making a whole. My work is in the realistic vein, with nods to color theory and abstraction. There is a whimsy mixed into the seriousness. My recent work has concentrated on the explosion of astrophotographs, taken from earth and sky. I use them as models or touchstones for impressionistic interpretations in pastels on handmade papers and more traditional oil paintings.

B.A., Fine Arts, Goucher College, Master of Liberal Arts, Johns Hopkins University

ARTBEIJING April 29-May 2, 2011
Shanghai Art Fair, 2011
A.Jain Marunouchi Gallery, NYC
Gallery M, Vienna
LINEART, Ghent, Belgium
Europ'Art, Geneva
Le Galleries Artitude, Paris
NICAF, Tokyo
NICAF, Yokohama
American Center for Physics, Washington, DC