Biography
Cynthia Guild grew up in a large family in
Western Massachusetts - an introspective observer in the midst of a
boisterous crowd of six kids. As early as age eight, she knew that art
was her calling. Equipped with talent and a desire to express herself
through images, Cynthia studied art at the University of Massachusetts
earning BFA and MFA degrees, both in printmaking.
A woman who lives and loves life and all that it has to offer, Cynthia
travels, observes, and savors the poetic and the visually beautiful in
our world. Although her idea of beauty may not be totally conventional,
it is the search for beauty and a way to express the human condition
that drives her work. The traffic paintings, for example, are an attempt
to address issues of travel and passage through life, time, atmosphere
and consciousness. Past imagery series have included the ocean,
waterfalls, trees and fires.
Cynthia’s training in the physical discipline of printmaking is
evidenced by looking at the intricate surfaces of her paintings. Imagery
undergoes the transformation of becoming “her own” as paint is laid on
lush and wet, scraped, sanded, layered, and reworked. The paintings
become physical distillations of the artists’ sensibilities – offspring
of a physical and visual battle towards truth. It is this quality that
gives Cynthia Guild’s work its strength, depth and staying power.
Cynthia still resides in Western Massachusetts, but has plans to move to
the coast in the near future to sail, explore and enjoy life with her
new husband. She has taught extensively at regional colleges including
Mt. Holyoke College, and Rhode Island School of Design; she exhibits her
work in the New England area.
