About Cinda Sue

Cinda Sue is an artist of  many talents and an endless store of creativity.  From formal art with a focus on portraiture and figuratives, to interior design elements of  faux and mural painting, or decorative art, Cinda Sue is at home behind the palette.

Cinda Sue began her training in illustration at Butera School of Art in Boston, MA, in the late sixties, and later through a correspondence course with the Famous Artist School. She undertook further study with Dorisjean Colvin at the Redmond School of Art, Redmond, WA, and with Gary Fagin in workshops at the Realist School of Art, Seattle, WA; completed Stuart Parks Forensic Training; and has participated in workshops with Barbara Newton, color pencil artist.

Cinda Sue's professional career began in 1991 doing pencil portraits, and branching out the following year into pastels, a medium she fell in love with and has embraced ever since. Retirement, in 2004, from a 25-year career in the field of accounting, afforded Cinda Sue the opportunity to pursue her preferred carreer in the arts, full time, and to expand her creative endeavors into the exciting fields of interior design and decorative arts.

Cinda Sue lives and works in the Pacific Northwest, on San Juan Island in Washington state. Painting, writing and grandchildren are her passions. She is a member of the Northwest Pastel Society, American Society of Portrait Artists, Portrait Society of America, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the San Juan Islands Artist Community. She has shown at Island Studios, Friday Harbor, WA and Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA; participates annually in the San Juan Island Artists' Studio Tour in June.