ARTIST VITAE
CYNTHIA WHEELER ~ ARTIST
Cindy is a creative powerhouse and savvy entrepreneur with more than 40 years’ experience creating high-quality, professional artwork as an illustrator and fine art painter. She is passionate about developing images that reflect moments in time.
Cindy paints with pastels, oils and watercolors. Her current body of work features elegant and richly hued paintings that exhibit technical virtuosity, masterful representation, and deep joy in her subject and materials. You can see Cindy’s landscape, nature and wildlife paintings in galleries across Western North Carolina.
Cindy lives and works in Asheville, NC.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design & Illustration, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Illustration and Graphic Design, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
Web Design and Interactive Media, Art Institute of California, Sacramento, CA
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2016-PRESENT: Fine Art Painter. Maintains a full-time professional studio.
1990-2020: Illustrator and Writer. 26 children’s books published by Alfred A. Knopf, Random House Inc., Simon & Schuster and Viking Penguin.
2001-2016: Award Winning Freelance Graphic and Web Designer. Clients included: Arthur J.Gallagher, CamelBak, CNET, Dominican University, Electronic Arts, EPIC, NEC Electronics America, Presidio Group, Sierra Club and Zappo’s.
PRESS
2023: VOICES OF EXPERIENCE ~ CINDY WHEELER, Ann and John Hulsey, The Artist’s Road
