Cynthia Jewell Pollett
Contemporary Impressionistic Oil Painter
Cynthia, a native of Aiken, South Carolina, has painted professionally for 34 years. She graduated from Atlanta College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1978.
Cynthia’s career has included being an art director and muralist, she owned a successful graphic design business for 20 years. Since 2006 Cynthia has returned to her heart’s desire and is glad to be painting full-time.
Artist Statement:
“I call myself a contemporary impressionist oil painter with expressionistic ideas. I work hard at capturing a quality of light and color that supports the overall impression. I enjoy pushing my color to an extreme in order to communicate a message. If I have succeeded in immersing my viewer into my painting, and cause them to see the extraordinary in the ordinary, or cause them to understand my message, then I have accomplished my task.”
Accomplishments:
- 2021-2025 - Cherokee County Arts Council Board Member
- 2022 Solo Show - Cherokee County Arts Council Gallery, Murphy, NC
- 2021- Murphy Art Walk Director, Murphy, NC
- 2021 First Place - Silver Arts Show, Murphy, NC
- 2020 Second Place - Hiawassee Plein Air Paint Out, Hiawassee, GA
- 2020 First Place - State Silver Arts Show, Raleigh, NC
- 2020 First Place - Silver Arts Show, Murphy Art Center
- 2020 Second Place - Silver Arts Show, Murphy Art Center
- 2011 Best in Show - Art Trail Gallery, Flo., SC
- 2011 First Place - Art Trail Gallery, Flo., SC
- 2009 Charleston Artist Guild Gallery Member
- 2009 Honorable Mention - Blackbaud Art Show, Daniel Island, SC
- 2009 Juried into Charleston Artist Guild Exhibiting Member
- 2009 Juried into “Girl with a Gold Earring” Show and Competition, Charleston, SC
- 2008 Solo Show: Lynda English Studio and Gallery, Flo, SC1997
- Solo Show: The Florence Art Museum, Florence, SC
- 1996 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition: Honorable Mention, Florence Art Museum
- 1991 ADDY Award: Freedom Florence Brochure
- 1987 Outstanding Young Women in America