Cyndie Sohl Katz has always found profound joy in colors, shapes, and patterns whether in a garden, stained-glass window, or even a striped sweater. This passion eventually led her to become an abstract artist, but it was a long road getting there. 

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Born Cynthia Ann Sohl in 1955, New York City, she moved around the US in her childhood due to her father's corporate career. "I was always drawing and creating things with my sewing machine. The public schools I attended had great art programs, but  when I was twelve, my father told me sternly that he'd never pay for me to go to art school, that art could only be a hobby. I accepted that and never dreamed of calling myself an artist until I took a painting class on a trip to Mexico in 1998.

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After that, I never stopped painting. I painted everything from people and pets to landscapes and still lifes, always looking for the most colorful subjects. 

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Cyndie Sohl Katz finds profound joy in colors, shapes, and patterns, whether in a garden, stained-glass window, or even a striped sweater. This passion eventually led her to become an abstract artist, but it was a long road getting there. 

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Born Cynthia Ann Sohl in 1955 in New York City, she moved frequently due to her father's career. Despite her suburban upbringing with strict rules against pursuing art professionally, her innate creativity persisted, although she never saw herself as an artist until she learned to paint on a trip with her husband to Mexico in 1998.

Cyndie Sohl Katz finds profound joy in colors, shapes, and patterns, whether in a garden, stained-glass window, or even a striped sweater. This passion eventually led her to become an abstract artist, but it was a long road getting there. 

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Born Cynthia Ann Sohl in 1955 in New York City, she moved frequently due to her father's career. Despite her suburban upbringing with strict rules against pursuing art professionally, her innate creativity persisted, although she never saw herself as an artist until she learned to paint on a trip with her husband to Mexico in 1998. 

Cyndie Sohl Katz finds profound joy in colors, shapes, and patterns, whether in a garden, stained-glass window, or even a striped sweater. This passion eventually led her to become an abstract artist, but it was a long road getting there. 

 

Born Cynthia Ann Sohl in 1955 in New York City, she moved frequently due to her father's career. Despite her suburban upbringing with strict rules against pursuing art professionally, her innate creativity persisted, although she never saw herself as an artist until she learned to paint on a trip with her husband to Mexico in 1998.