As a narrative realist painter, Cynthia Sitton takes inspiration from those around her, especially, the ongoing tragedy of raising a daughter with schizophrenia. The theme is often represented in poetic narratives delivering emotional impact.
And yet, the painter F. Scott Hess observes “Most of Cynthia’s paintings are not overtly about the experience with her daughter. She comes at the subject obliquely, creating visual allegories that carry the weight of mother’s loss and contemplate the terror of a human in free-fall. Her extraordinary skill as a painter delivers this content directly… you never get caught up on artsy affectations or the distancing effects common in less skilled work. These paintings are as honest as art gets. They sock you in the gut and it really hurts.”
“Jung’s Dream”
42″ x 84″
Oil on linen
“MRI”
60″ x 60″
Oil on linen
“Obscure Sorrows”
36″ x 48″
Oil on linen
“Obscure Sorrows II”
18″ x 24″
Oil on linen glued on panel
“Wild Yarrow”
60″ x 40″
Oil on linen
“The Sycamores”
36″ x 48″
Oil on linen
“Momento Mori”
36″ x 48″
Oil on linen
“The Specters”
36″ x 30″
Oil on linen
“Surrogate”
36″ x 48″
Oil on linen
“St Dymphna”
24″ x 30″
Oil on linen glued on panel
“Matrimonium”
12″ x 18″
Oil on linen glued on panel
Misc Works
“The Resting Cure”
Hand painted straight jacket
Life size with vintage dress maker stand
“Her Hysteria”
Assemblage
Wax, glass eye, hair, antique quack medicinal electrode machine
Detail of “Her Hysteria”
Wax, glass eye, hair
“Green Lovebird Study”
5″ x 5″
Oil on vellum
“Kakariki Parakeet Study”
8″ x 8″
Oil on vellum
“Canary Study”
5″ x 5″
Oil on vellum
“Her”
8″ x 8″
Oil on vellum
“Lost Things I”
5″ x 7″
Oil on linen
“Lost Things II”
5″ x 7″
Oil on linen
“Jenae’s Hill”
11″ x 18″
Oil on linen
“Daphne”
18″ x 24″
Oil on linen glued on panel
