http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/gallery/2460274_uE8FD/ This series began as studies for my Wall Hanging Series, however it soon became obvious that these pieces stood on their own. These pieces are subjects I discovered on meditative walks in the Catoctin Mountains, a place I hiked often as both a child and an adult. I captured my subjects on film, carefully choosing my composition and depth of field. Then I would stop and sketch my subject if time. These images were not mere reminders of the visual aspects of the place, but, even more importantly, they helped me to capture how the place emotionally affected me. In my studio I strove to bring out the vibrance that transformed a simple landscape into a fascinating subject in my mind. I brought my emotional reaction to the viewer using a variety of techniques. I alter my marks and exaggerate color, form, and light to reveal the personality of the subject. My work has been inspired by the Group of Seven who also worked to bring the landscape around them to life. Their work was in part an effort to make the art world and society at large recognize the beauty of the Canadian landscape in a time when European schools of thought on painting as well as landscape often caused people to overlook the beauty of the everyday world. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Arts and Crafts Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:22:52 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0064ColorCorrected/129044899_Ra4kJ-Ti-2.jpg http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/gallery/2460274_uE8FD/ http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129020345_9pdLp <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129020345_9pdLp" title="“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006"><img src="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0058ColorCorrected/129020345_9pdLp-Th-4.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" title="“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:22:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks) http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0058ColorCorrected/129020345_9pdLp-Th-4.jpg 2007-01-17 14:59:23 85dd5c36a66e4199a9cc99969ffa78a8 86cb8f81d5559f4841df3d76d97e008b 57d50178b6bae9919cab4f714805ba3b 9167038b299b7034b7f31b2d8f4068a6 56c2e2692212a7c6f49eadf08da2ff13 “Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006 <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129020345_9pdLp" title="“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006"><img src="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0058ColorCorrected/129020345_9pdLp-Th-4.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" title="“Silent Stillness I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129018701_tU8yC <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129018701_tU8yC" title="“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006"><img src="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0055ColorCorrected/129018701_tU8yC-Th-4.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" title="“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:16:28 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks) http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0055ColorCorrected/129018701_tU8yC-Th-4.jpg 2007-01-17 14:56:52 2ce5ba938669765a33b0e5418a7ccad5 f701fc1d5bc2d1921134f95d1f31a6c5 bc2cdb979f3d1dc43a9aac0656a91ba9 6c26d40b61e438067ffc15c6cd08e002 8797d09a6fb0302e5b9286946a13a649 “Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006 <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129018701_tU8yC" title="“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006"><img src="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0055ColorCorrected/129018701_tU8yC-Th-4.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" title="“Fall Afternoon I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129018792_J9jD9 <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />"Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129018792_J9jD9" title=""Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006"><img src="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0061colorcorrected/129018792_J9jD9-Th-4.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt=""Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" title=""Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:16:52 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks) http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0061colorcorrected/129018792_J9jD9-Th-4.jpg 2007-01-17 15:02:35 b51406389ebccba5be8d947faa4d7664 b1002fb9c161a69857a121b6214176ff ebfaec146266dcf95291f56e49332d42 7c90262fd436399cb6519def525cdae6 1abb78bc0a183746741c7933711a4b35 "Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006 <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />"Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129018792_J9jD9" title=""Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006"><img src="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0061colorcorrected/129018792_J9jD9-Th-4.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt=""Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" title=""Natural Calm I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 20.5&#8221 x 15&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129044473_xnMtv <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />“Breath Of Fresh Air I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 18&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129044473_xnMtv" title="“Breath Of Fresh Air I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 18&#8221, 2006"><img src="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0067ColorCorrected/129044473_xnMtv-Th-3.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="“Breath Of Fresh Air I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 18&#8221, 2006" title="“Breath Of Fresh Air I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 18&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:54:33 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks) 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title="“Moving Meditation I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 18&#8221, 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Arts and Crafts Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:56:09 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks) http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/IMG0064ColorCorrected/129044899_Ra4kJ-Th-2.jpg 2007-01-17 15:09:04 7a2a7bae97cc17720859411b08b722c6 cb90316e492343fd44720ec3e85f796d 445607389c0364847655318933817c6b d1410a8a4a37beb729599444d4ea646d 629bddf5abe96727aa14f87bb2cced32 “Moving Meditation I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 18&#8221, 2006 <p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com">Cynthia Smidt's Unique Artworks</a><br />“Moving Meditation I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 18&#8221, 2006</p><p><a href="http://csuniqueartworks.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Drawing/Nature-Studies/2460274_uE8FD#129044899_Ra4kJ" title="“Moving Meditation I”, Aqua Pencil on Watercolor Paper, 26.5&#8221 x 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