Portrait de C laude Simon
Charcoal, Chalk on Paper
26x20in
France
Cynthia Ruffin Simon, a painter and sculptor born in New York, draws from a lifelong engagement with creative expression, from performance to athletics. She employs impressionistic techniques with both landscapes and large-scale abstracts, relishing the physicality of color and gesture, while also capturing the essence of people beyond mere likeness. Her art radiates with raw, authentic emotion—love, joy, pleasure, but also the shadows of hate, sadness, and misery—inviting viewers to experience the full, vibrant spectrum of human feeling.
1971 Etudes à l’Actors' Workshop, New York City
'72 Tournées théâtrales aux USA
'73 Stage manager, Antioch College theatre (Yellow Springs, Ohio)
'78 Etudes, Columbia University, New York City
'82 B.A, Columbia University, New York City
'84 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Toulouse
'85 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
'88 Bourse du Gouvernement de Berlin
'89 Voyage d'étude en Afrique
'95-6 Voyages d'étude à Bali
'98 Voyage d'étude en Inde