Cindy’s naturalist’s heart and artist’s eye are often first attracted to a location’s vegetation and its inherent compositional elements, while also taking note of the local bird life for inclusion later. The harmonious co-existence between the landscape and the birds are vital to the success of her work: “For me, birds add life and movement to a painting. It’s also a statement of the importance of the beauty these creatures add to our lives. How empty our lives would be without them! And to be able to make people more aware of them, even in the most understated way, is important to me.”

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Cindy has participated in group shows at museums and galleries throughout the country and has been given solo exhibitions at several venues, most notably the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, in 2006, and the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon in Canton, Massachusetts, in 2009. She is a Master Pastelist member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA), a Master’s Circle member of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), and a Signature member of the Society of Animal Artists (SAA). In 2018 the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum bestowed on her the title Master Wildlife Artist.

Her paintings can also be found in the collections of the Museum of American Bird Art in Canton, Massachusetts, the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, and the Bausch and Lomb Corporation.

In the fall of 2021, Vose Galleries hosted its first exhibition of Cindy’s work, titled Cindy House: Preserving Nature’s Splendor, which featured over forty examples of her picturesque depictions of New England’s landscape and its feathered inhabitants.

Provenance:

From the collection of the artist, New Hampshire 

Exhibitions:

1. 50th Annual Exhibition of the Pastel Society of America, September 6 – October 6, 2022 (awarded the Art Spirit Foundation Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award)
2. Selections from the Pastel Society of America’s 50th Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance!, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, March 12 – May 14, 2023