About the Artist
Bio
Cynthia Hillis McBride
Cynthia did everything but paint after studying art at the University of Houston and the University of Texas in Austin. She married, had children and pursued a career with the Houston Post and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as an Account Executive. Upon retirement Cynthia and her husband moved to Colorado where she discovered a love of Plein Air painting and renewed a long time interest in figurative painting. Cynthia continues to do figurative work, as well as landscapes at home and in her travels.
She is a member of Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists, The American Impressionist Society and Plein Air Painters of Colorado. Cynthia's figurative work has been shown in several international competitions and shows: "Women Painting Women" at Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC, "Salon International" in San Antonio, TX at the Greenhouse Gallery and at the Legacy Gallery in "Scottsdale Salon of Art" in Scottsdale, AZ. Her landscapes have been in many shows: the High Plein Air Arts Festival sponsored by the Denver Golden Triangle Museum District, Nomades del Arte, at Southwest Gallery in Dallas Texas, Estes Park Plein Air at the Earthwood Gallery, as well as at Hunter-Wolff Gallery in Colorado Springs and Abend and Saks Galleries in Denver, Colorado.
Due to family situations and commitments Cynthia has taken a break from painting. Look for her new work here again soon.
2020 - First Place Oil Painting, American Heritage Art Contest, DAR, Washington, D.C.
2015 - Top 15% Bold Brush On Line Painting Competition, May
2015- Finalist American Women Artists Spring Show
2014- Top 15% Bold Brush On Line Painting Competition, July
2013- First Place Oil Painting, American Heritage Art Contest, DAR Museum-Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
2012 - Top 15% Bold Brush On Line Painting Competition, November
2011 - Top 15% Bold Brush On Line Painting Competition, December
2011 - Top 15% Bold Brush On Line Painting Competition, August
2011 - Top 15% Bold Brush On Line Painting Competition, June
2011 - Jury's Top 50 Award Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2010 - First Place Oil Painting Susan K. Black Foundation Show
