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Member Gallery : Cynthea Gregory

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‘A Calming Breeze at Bystock’ 
​Acrylic on Canvas

Cynthea ...

Cynthea Gregory was initially trained as an art teacher at Reading University. She left teaching to live in central France. There, she ran a Bed and Breakfast, and she had little to time follow her artistic career.

On returning to Britain over twenty years later, she felt inspired by the local Devon landscape and picked up her paint brushes again.

Cynthea draws her inspiration from exploring the coastline and landscape of
principally East Devon. Initially, she makes a careful study, sketches and a library of photos for each of her works.

​Her canvases are stylised, making them generally semi- abstract, but recognisable. She loves to share the atmosphere and mood of her discoveries by the use of her vibrant colour palette.

She has recently exhibited at solo and small group exhibitions, as well as with Art Societies in Exmouth and Sidmouth.
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'Along the Towpath'
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Acrylic on Canvas
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'Blackpool Sands'
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Acrylic on Canvas
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'From Jacob's Ladder'
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Acrylic on Canvas
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'Mouth of the Otter'
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Move Over, Mate’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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'Into the Wild’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Jurassic Sunshine’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Red Sidmouth’
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Mixed Media
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‘Sunset over Seaton’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Across the Estuary’
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Mixed Media
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‘Where the Otter meets the Sea’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Where Country Meets the City’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Over the Fence’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Autumn Patchwork’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Over the Top’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Can't Catch Me!’
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Acrylic on Canvas
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Our Mascot 'Arty the Otter' © 2025 was kindly created & painted for us by
​OVAS Member Valerie Faulkner
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