Artist Statement

My paintings are created out of a reverence for the surrounding ocean landscape. I am fascinated by the ocean above and below, from ravens soaring overhead to sunlit golden kelp below the surface and an ocean that is always moving. Trees stand resiliently in the rocky, windswept landscape and seem calm and peaceful in the wildness. Everything speaks of life and the interconnectedness of all things.

Biography

Cynthia Grove is from, and continues to live, in a small village in Duncan's Cove, nestled close by the Halifax Harbour on Nova Scotia's south shore. Her paintings reflect what she has spent a lifetime seeing, the ever-changing moods of the surrounding ocean landscape.

Cynthia paints primarily with oil on canvas or paper but often includes watercolour, ink, gold foil, beeswax and pastel. She has had numerous exhibitions in the Halifax area since graduating from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.