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"Testament of Breath," oil on canvas, 30x40", 2022
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Short Description
Carstens Fine Art Studio & Gallery is owned by Phoenix based artist Cyndy Carstens and features her landscape and skyscape paintings, as well as artworks of guest artists. Cyndy's art is a study in atmospheric conditions of reflective and refractive light during sunsets and sunrises. Her oil paintings are inspired by the morning sun as it initiates the hope found in the dawn of a new day and the glorious joy of color at day’s end.

Cyndy’s art is in private and corporate collections around the globe. She has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles, including Southwest Art, American Art Collector, Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine, and The Arizona Republic.
Long Description

Born of heartache, Cyndy’s paintings are a way of translating pain and yearning into hope. Each work of art is a meditation on the assurance of beauty and tranquility even in our most challenging moments.

Cyndy’s skyscapes are her trademarks. While landscapes have always been her forte, her focus shifted to the sky during a defining period of her life. Caring for her sick mother, watching the deterioration of one who had loved her best in the world, Cyndy was struck in a moment of exhaustion and despair by the overarching serenity of a sunset. As she held the image within her mind throughout the grueling weeks, months, and years of care, she realized that focusing on that beauty made her a better caregiver, a more loving person, and a more grateful member of her family. Subsequent moments of distress within her family have brought her back to these moments of hope, increasing the power and drama of the skyscapes she paints.

Old Town Scottsdale Arts District
7100 East Main Street #B
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Business Phone Number
480.946.3217