Artist Statement

When I began quilting, I gained a freedom I never expected through art quilts. I could express my thoughts, hopes, dreams, and opinions in a way that I hope will not offend or anger the viewer. Perhaps they will cause the viewer to think about things with a broader tolerance. 

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Biography

Cynthia has played with art most of her life since high school, but did not recognize herself as an artist until she was in her forties. Fiber arts, knitting, sewing, and crochet were part of her creative life. Then she found weaving, and that is what it took for her to become an artist. For more than 45 years that was her creative outlet and she loved it. However, warping a 60-inch-wide loom and shooting a shuttle across that distance of warp threads 15 to 30 or more times an inch became quite wearying so weaving eventually slowed to a stop. Cynthia found another way to create through quilting since, as she says, she “can’t draw.” Cynthia and her body of work were recently featured in an issue of the Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA) Southeast region’s newsletter.