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Cynthia Shelly Ungar

I attended Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal. Then I married an American and took painting classes at New York University. After 3 years years we moved to Pennsylvania where I completed my degree. I make watercolors, prints, drawings, and ceramics some of the time when I am in between my acrylic paintings. Last year I started to work in a jewelry workshop 1 day a week and make beadwork jewelry to sell at the Atelier d'Artisanat du Centre-Ville boutique.

Artist's Statement

 

My recent series of acrylic paintings is contemporary celebrity
portraits. I have tried to capture them looking their best, the way we remember them. There are 14 paintings and they are all 24” wide by 32” high. Tamare de Lempicka in her time and Andy Warhol in his time are similar to mine.
I spend many months looking through biography books with photographs and looking up images on the internet. I try to find the most flattering pose, and one that isn't too over exposed, so that it will be more interesting. I also try to choose just the right bright colors and make a recognizable image.
I make water colors, prints, and drawings some of the time, when I am in-between my portraits. Although my other work is more realistic, my acrylic paintings are abstract realism.


Cynthia Shelly Ungar

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This is Elizabeth Taylor, the queen of Hollywood.
This is Queen Elizabeth of England.
Cynthia Shelly Ungar
Cynthia Shelly Ungar