Artist Cindy Sullivan is someone who has dedicated her life to art, both by working as an art teacher for 25 years and as an artist for the past 40 years. Artwork from her large body of work is on display at the Redlands gallery beginning September 27th.

In Redlands, Sullivan has taught watercolor classes at the Flores Senior Center since 2016 including on Zoom during the pandemic which brought people online from coast to coast. She taught classes at the Redlands Art Association, for example a travel journal sketch class this spring. She recently did a demonstration at the Yucaipa Art Association and spoke at the Redlands Country Club.

When her brother and sister passed just 20 days apart last year. Her son said, “Mom, come over for some art therapy.” He is Tim Sullivan, known in Redlands for his little orange men. With friends and family, she helped Tim create a tree sculpture for the new Museum of Redlands.

For most of her art career, Sullivan has done photo realistic watercolors but lately she has gravitated towards a more abstract expression, adding texture to her paintings. In a way, she is connecting to her roots, one of her other obsessions is genealogy and studying family history. She learned that her great grandfather in Kansas was a house painter and muralist.

Looking back at her decades of artwork, she has painted more or less every motif you can think of: Landscape, seascape, historic homes, animals, plants, still life, even gourds. Though she said, “I am done painting cute.” A recent painting of grapes is her current favorite work.

She has served as the co-director of the California Watercolor Association’s gallery in Concord and been an active member in numerous art councils and associations, including at the Redlands Art Association for the past nine years.

Her show “Eclectic” has not only paintings from her many watercolor classes demonstrations but from a long artistic career. At the show, there will be original artwork, including prints, cards, bookmarks and miniature paintings.