CYNTHIA GATIEN

UPCOMING SHOW:

Oakville Art in the Park
Monday, August 2 from 10-5p.m.
Bronte Waterfront Heritage Park
corner of Bronte Road and Ontario St.







PROFILE:
Cynthia Gatien has been painting in various forms for the past 20 years, from walls to floorcloths to furniture to canvas. In the 1990¹s, she co-founded the innovative Fabulous Floorcloth Company with fellow artist Jayne Allister. From their Montréal studio, they created sumptuous one-of-a-kind floorcloths, painted vintage furniture and decadent objets d¹art.

2002 saw Cynthia and her family move from their urban brownstone to a 180-year-old house in South Lancaster, a small hamlet on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario. This historic home became Cynthia¹s new creative outlet - with every square inch an ever-changing joyful riot of colour, pattern, texture, and artistic inspiration.

Her love of colour and her passion for flowers, vintage textiles, and eclectic patterns bring Cynthia¹s work to vivid life. Her inspirations include Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard mixed with a dash of modern-day influence from décor legends Kaffe Fasset and Tricia Guild.