After a 30-year career as an award winning graphic artist and owner of a full-service design and advertising firm Cindy retired in Dec., 2013. Cindy now works most days in her studio, experimenting with wax and dyes. The transition from a graphic artist to a batik artist is less of a leap than one might think,  batiks are very graphic,  images must be broken down into shapes and colors, and the process of creating colors through a series of dipping the cloth into multiple colored dye baths takes a lot of thought and planning.  It’s the kind of analytical thinking done constantly by a graphic artist.

She initially learned batik from a workshop with Wendy Tatter in St. Augustine, and began to exploring batik on her own. In 2013 she studied with Beth and Jonathan Evans, accomplished batik artists in Colorado. A large percentage of her work is based on her personal interactions with nature, hiking deep into the woods looking for solitary spots to inspire her next batiks. Many but not all are Northern Florida subjects. There is a series of Havana, Cuba, Maine, New England along with a emerging interest in working with Indigo dye to create monochromatic batiks.

Currently her work can be seen at:
Butterfield Garage Art Gallery, King Street, St. Augustine, Florida
Mott-May Gallery in Micanopy,FL.
Bascom Center for the Arts, Highlands NC

CURRENT & UPCOMING 2021

PAST JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2019: “Endless Summer” Group Show,  Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna, FL
2019: “Put A Bird on it” Group Show,  Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna, FL
2018: Small Things Considered Group Show,  Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna, FL
2018 CROSS CREEK RISING – The Consciousness of Land and Water, Thomas Center Galleries, Gainesville, Florida
2017 Contemporary Fiber in Florida, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, Florida
2017 Natures Precision, Jacksonville International Airport Exhibition. 
2017 Perspectives in Fiber: A juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art, Lake Worth, FL
2017 National Juried Fine Art Craft Guild,  Art League of Hilton Head Gallery, Hilton Head, SC
2016 26th Annual Juried All Florida Show, Arts Council of Martin County, Stuart FL
2016: SAAA Nature and Wildlife  Exhibition, St. Augustine FL
2016: Invitational Instructors Show The Bascom: Center for Visual Arts, Highlands NC
2016: "From Head to Toe" Guest Artist  Exhibit, Southlight Gallery
2016 "Fresh Air"- Southlight Summer Guest  Exhibition, Jacksonville FL
March 2016: Kent Campus Gallery, FSCC in Jacksonville. One of two featured artists.

Recent AWARDS
2019
First Place "Soaring Swallowtail Kites" in Florida Wild Exhibit, St Augustine Art Association
2018
Honorable Mention "Cuba-Love on the Malacon" in Faces & figures Exhibit, St Augustine Art Association
2017
4th Place "Secret Falls"  Fall Member Show St Augustine Art Association
Honorable Mention "Dunn's Creek Grasses" CROSS CREEK RISING – The Consciousness of Land and Water, Thomas Center Galleries
Honorable Mention "Heron Over Paines Praire"  Contemporary Fiber in Florida, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, Florida
2016
3rd Place 26th Annual Juried All Florida Show, Arts Council of Martin County, Stuart FL
1st Place "Pacific Coast Dunes" in Fall Member Show St Augustine Art Association
Honorable Mention "Heron Over Paines Praire" in Fresh Air Guest Artist Exhibit, Southlight Gallery Jacksonville, FL
2014
1st Place for batik “Moccasin Branch” in St. Augustine Art Association Fall Members Show.
Merit Award for batik “Old Wisteria Vine” in Nature & Wildlife Exhibit St. Augustine Art Association
1st Place for batik “Boys Flying Diptych” in Figure & Portrait Exhibit St. Augustine art Association