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About Cynthia Chartier`
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Cynthia Chartier` began studying art when she was eight years old, at the Notre Dame Art School. She continued her studies during the summer months in Europe, then at the Boston Museum School, the Montserrat College of Art and completed her studies at the Norton Museum School of Art. After college, Cynthia found the magic of theatre to be inescapable. So she began working as scenic artist and set decorator for the Royal Poinciana Playhouse and Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre. Translating the whimsical musicals and dramatic plays became the main course of inspiration for her work. Then after working as a trompe l'oeil artist for some of the residential homes in Palm Beach, Cynthia's narrative style was beginning to form. Later, after traveling throughout the United States, Cynthia finally settled down in Dallas, Texas, where she now resides. Inspired by the way philosophy, ancient culture and the masters of literature evolved through time, Cynthia's process also evolved. She changed from painting in oil to mixed-media acrylic collage on canvas using layers of rich vibrant color, glaze to create a prism like affect, with symphony sheet music, manuscript, a rare imported African fabric and foreign objects for texture and depth. Language and symbolism are important aspects of conveying the secrets of the riddles, that tell the stories hidden in each one of her paintings. The layers of rich vibrant color and glaze are used as a parallel to express the layers of emotion that we all experience as we ourselves evolve through our own day to day adventures. The sensual curving shapes in the composition translate as a philosophy that flexibility can be used as a tool to reach the dreams we all hope to create as our reality. Cynthia Chartier's work has been exhibited in Dallas, Austin, Houston, Boston, Palm Beach, Los Angeles, and is part of the permanent collection of the Jesuit Dallas Museum. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CHARTIER'S CURRENT EXHIBITS: SAMUEL LYNNE GALLERIES, 1105 Dragon Street, Dallas, TX 75207 214-965-9027 JD Miller/Phillip Romano/Owners ART on 5TH CONTEMPORARY FINE ART, 1501 W. 5th Street, Austin, TX 78703 512-481-1111 Joe Siegel/ Owner
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