Cynthia Thomas

Art Brokerage: Cynthia Thomas American Artist: The imagery, in the pastels, mixed media, paintings and sculptures, is the dream of the mind's eye, the visual dessert that feeds the soul. We each experience what we see through our "self". The circle of wholeness is the format and containment within which I work. The great mythologies of the world, the chakra energies of the red root colour, the solar gold, the blues of voice, to name a few, all come and go in the drawings, paintings and sculptures, revealing the journey within the media. I have always had a passion for colour. The different energies generated by the vibrance, hue and value have always fascinated me. Over the years of working in metal I felt colour starved at times. I would pick up my painting or collage or pastels to feed that hunger; the rich diversity of colour, in these other mediums, filled this craving in my soul. There is a magic in the flow of a brush across the canvas, the sweep of supple pastel across the luscious paper, leaving trails of colour where imagery explodes and the soul breathes, vital, alive, begging for the next stroke. My sculptures reflect the spiritual, emotional and physical connection of humans and nature through metamorphic imagery. I depict the connection both realistically and abstractly. I am inspired by world mythologies and the connection we have to Earth. It is important to captivate the viewer's mind's eye with imagery that awakens interest and shares the wonders of the Earth, and the connection to the Earth.