About the Artist :: Cynthia Morse
Cynthia considers herself to be a landscape/seascape artist, finding trees in particular to be fascinating. She attributes this title to the fact that she is most interested in the special, dramatic quality of light. She finds her best time to paint is early in the morning or just before sunset. She feels this is when the colors in the landscape are most vivid and shapes take on a boldness that is not as noticeable during mid day.
Although she works in a variety of media, she prefers pastels because she can select from a wide range of colors. She likes the directness of choosing colors instead of mixing them and the expressiveness of gestural drawing that can be obtained only with pastel. Cynthia was born here in Maine and lived here most of her life. Her paintings, which she generally sketches on site, and then finishes in the studio, are all inspired by the Maine landscape.