Celtic Designs and Music
349 Tusculum Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
513-871-4527
matyi@fuse.net
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Ever since she can remember, music and art have competed for Cindy Matyi’s attention. Then in 1985, while visiting Scotland, she encountered a rhythmic style of art which has intrigued and dominated her paintings for several years now -- the interlacing, spiraling, restless style of Celtic Art.
These designs, used by Bronze Age Celtic tribes on tombs, weapons and jewelry and later transformed by monks into the beautifully disturbing and and complex illuminated manuscript pages, now play an important part in her own “Neo-Celtic” paintings.
“I feel that this style, with its fantastical variations on the interconnectedness of the natural world, adapts well to the themes of my work which include ecology, peace, renewal and creativity. Celtic designs fascinate people, and I add many chromatic variations to delight and attract viewers on an aesthetic basis, first, while gently luring them into the world of the painting and the message it contains.”
Born and raised in Ohio, Cindy was influenced at an early age by her Appalachian grandmother’s stories which she says“really fired my imagination”. She developed a love of history, legend and the supernatural, rooted in the Scots-Irish tradition. After a lengthy career in health care, she returned to school and earned a BFA in painting at Mt. St. Joseph College. She now gives workshops in Celtic art at
University of Cincinnati and is one of the organizers of the touring art show "American Celtic".
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Celtic Designs and Music 349 Tusculum Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45226 513-871-4527 matyi@fuse.net |
