CYNDRA BRADFORD    Portfolio | Artist Statement | Bio | Contact

Bradford grew up on Partington Ridge, Big Sur, where the dramatically changing light of the coast inspired her to become an artist. At the age of 18 she was selling her serigraphs throughout the U.S., and by the age of 24 she was a member of the Carmel Art Association. As a Plein Air painter, first with acrylics and then with oils, she attempts to capture the energy of the challenging elements and changing light. “I feel that a painting of the ocean should not just capture a wave, but the constant motion and power of the ocean.” In order to promote herself and her husband Jeff Daniel Smith, Galerie Plein Aire was opened in 1998.