About Us

Meet The Artist 

Cindy Fluharty, Collage artist, creator. Mountain born and raised, wanderer at heart.

 

Cindy Fluharty is a collage and mixed media artist, and lifelong West Virginian whose work captures the layered beauty of Appalachian life and the quiet strength of the human spirit. Though trained as an attorney and having practiced law for decades in Wheeling, West Virginia, Cindy’s heart has always been drawn to the creative process.  When she began scaling back on her law practice, the creative flow she always dreamed of having time for, kicked in.

With no formal artistic training and self-proclaimed “zero talent for drawing or painting,” Cindy initially found her voice in the tactile and intuitive practice of cutting, pasting, and arranging collage scenes. Her creations are often inspired by either a quote or an image, and she then finds a way to bring the quote or graphic to life.  While she still loves to (literally) "cut and paste" she also has grown to love the creativity possible with graphic design, where she can merge her hand-painted papers and backgrounds with commercial graphics.  Creating greeting cards has equally become a great love.  Cindy gets a kick out of placing her characters in mixed scale scenes for a bit of whimsy.  

Cindy's collage scenes, created with vintage and contemporary graphics, celebrate the wonder...and wander of life, from sassy to soulful.  Her collage creations center on themes of strength and independence, along with a healthy dose of wanderlust.  While she loves to incorporate scenes from her beloved state of West Virginia in her designs, she also loves to place her characters in city scenes, reflective of the energy of a larger world community.  

Cindy believes in the power of creativity to reflect community, celebrate imperfection, and connect us through shared experience. She wants nothing more than to have her work connect with its recipient, and provide a smile, or perhaps the courage to follow dreams. Her work is a tribute to the magic that happens when you finally give yourself permission to play—and the beautiful, unexpected paths that unfold when you do.