Cynthia Berg

I make art that enlivens quiet spaces.

I’m a Minnesota artist working between traditional and digital media. I’m self-taught and not bred from an ‘artistic’ family. But my Scandinavian roots are full of people who are great at making something from nothing, folks who have an intimate relationship with nature and open-hearted souls who embrace and find beauty in imperfection.

In my early fifties, after decades in a career in business, I surrendered to making art as a way to bring more life to my quiet spaces and to diversify my ‘life pie.’ The practice of artmaking became my healing, freedom practice.

During the pandemic, I forged a habit of bringing flowers home every week or two. My strategic survival kit: a cat, art supplies and the flowers. I became drawn to the language of botanical shapes and their shadows, how they express and mirror emotional states.