Cindy Morefield

Intricate labor-intensive techniques have always drawn me like a magnet, from my earliest endeavors in cut paper, collage, and realistic oil painting to my current work in acrylic and wax pastel.

In graduate school I began the work with layered acrylic paint which has evolved into my carved acrylic paintings. Those highly textured pieces, in turn, spawned the next generation of work in which I use wax pastels to create rubbings on polypropylene sheets (Yupo). The rubbings are made from the surfaces of my paintings additional created textures.

I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. From there, in pursuit of education, employment, and adventure, I found my way to all fifty United States as well as Israel, Palestine, Canada, and Italy. Raleigh, NC, has been my home since 2004.

MFA in Painting from Northern Illinois University
BA in Studio Art from University of Mary Washington

Dec 2016 thru Jan 2017:
Wax Pastel Rubbings by Cindy Morefield, WakeMed Raleigh Hospital, presented by United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County.

Cindy Morefield, Catherine Vorseky, & Marie Leabo-Arondeau, HagerSmith Design, Raleigh, NC.
Regional Artist Project Grant Recipients Exhibit, United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County.
Winter Show 2015, The Gallery at Greenhill, Greensboro, NC
Near & Far, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
Art Along Blount Street public art project, Raleigh, NC
Confluence of Line: works by Cindy Morefield & Susanne Sandmeyer (presented by Durham Art Guild), SunTrust gallery, Durham, NC
State of the Art / Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Contemporary South Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Sense of Surface: New works by Cindy Morefield, The Morning Times gallery, Raleigh, NC
Surface Matters: Cindy Morefield, Stacy Bloom Rexrode, & Joyce Watkins King, Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Silver Linings: Contemporary mixed media paintings and sculpture by Cynthia Morefield, Lynda Cole, and Jeff Hersey, Terra Gallery, Columbus, OH.
Cynthia L. Morefield: Journeys into Structure, Diane Kidd Gallery, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
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