LANDSCAPES
All pastel paintings are sold framed.
SEASCAPES & SMALL BOATS
oil paintings and soft pastel paintings
CREATURES
soft pastel and acrylic mixed media
FIGURATIVE
oil paintings and soft pastel paintings
CONNECT
WEBSITE DESIGN
Portfolio and business website examples. When designing or customizing brand identity across many platforms, my main goal is to present each artist's unique style. A lot of changes over the years since I began coding - I no longer hand code or use Flash but I do set up and customize web builders and Wordpress.Below are samples of some I have done.
AWARDS
Holbein Award for Excellence
Connecticut Pastel Society "Renaissance In Pastel"
Holbein Award for Excellence. Connecticut Pastel Society: "Renaissance In Pastel" for "Waiting for The Tide" Nov 2002
Honorable Mention
Wickford Art Association, Portrait Competition
Portrait Competition for "Forward Spin" Jan 2003, soft pastel
First Place
"Affair of the Art" Randall Gallery, Jamestown
Juried Open Competition, Feb 2004, for "Swept Away" soft pastel
Award of Merit
"For Pastels Only, on Cape Cod" PPSCC
Pastel Painters Society Cape Cod exhibition, Aug 2004 "Sunflower Solstice II"
First Place
"Annual Art Show " CIAA, Jamestown
Annual Art Competition, August 2008, for "Drifting" oil on canvas
Second Place
"Open Juried Show" CIAA, Jamestown
at Town Hall Gallery, July 2008 for "Moonrise over Old Harbor"
DESIGN ARCHIVE
Past Client work and various projects that I have done since the late 90's.
ABOUT ME
Cynthia Blair
Illustration, Art and Design
I am a freelance illustrator and designer.
This site is primarily a collection of my traditional work in fine arts: oils, pastels, charcoal. and mixed media.
The design section also includes various client website designs and samples of work in print media over the past few years.
My CV includes BFA Illustration RISD, further studies at RISD include Adobe CC apps: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, some After Effects.
You can find my current illustration work at CynthiaBlair.com
