Cindy Taplin
Contemporary Paintings
Winston-Salem North Carolina

I work primarily with acrylic paints.  I enjoy the challenge of getting the colors to blend before the paint dries, and I like the freedom to apply new layers while my ideas are fresh.  

 I enjoy painting landscapes and have had fun with abstracts, but lately my focus is on place.  I started with a series of small paintings of places that I love, from my neighborhood to New Mexico to Italy.  Then I stuck closer home with my downtown Winston-Salem scenes last year.

I'm currently working on paintings of the houses that caught my imagination on a trip to Mendocino.  They are from an early morning walk when the sunlight on the houses created striking contrasts, with strong lines between the bright colors and dark shadows softened by the foliage and delicate blooms of the gardens.