The Artist and her Studio

Cindy Gray is a mixed media artist who specializes in Portraiture.  She studied art and design at Middle Tennessee State University. After accepting a position at Animax, in Nashville, Tennessee, she worked with a team of artists to design and create characters for TV, Theme Parks, and the Theater.  Cindy began to paint full time after moving to a quiet little community which sits in the shadows of the Cumberland Plateau in South Central Tennessee.  With her children now grown, she still happily resides there with her supportive husband, Rick, who partners with her to create these works of art.

Though inspired by the beauty of her surrounding, Cindy is drawn to the “human” landscape.  The mystery, overwhelming joy, innocence, or aged wisdom expressed by the subtle lines and forms of one’s face is the inspiration for her art.   She hopes that her portraitures will be enjoyed, not just by this generation, but by generations to come.

Cindy’s painting knowledge comes not only from university art courses but from years of hands-on application, an eagerness to try new techniques and approaches, networking with other artists, memberships to website art forums, books and DVD training courses.  She began to explore the art of portraiture in 1988 where she captured her subjects on a “traditional” canvas.  Then she was introduced to the wonderful world of digital art.  After much study, she began to produce portraits, stroke by stroke, using a Wacom tablet and stylus.

Cindy has only recently begun to accept portrait commissions.  She believes in easy to process, up front pricing.  Her ability to balance a client’s satisfaction with her own artistic expression will surely keep her clients coming back again and again.

Personal Statement
“I am not my own.  I have been erased like a canvas washed by the strokes; the strokes of grace.” -Starfield

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