Cindy began painting at an early age in Southern California and was commissioned by one of her mother’s friends at the age of 16 to paint a Conquistador.  By her early 20’s she knew that art was her calling!  After marrying woodcarver Steve Mangutz and moving to Leavenworth, Washington – they flourished as artists and their careers took off at “Art in the Park”.

Cindy’s influences include Grandma Moses and Charles Wysocki.  Her inspiration is drawn from the natural beauty found in the Pacific Northwest.  You can see her visualization of the sea in the brilliant water colors shown in her nautical art and from the many shades of green captured in the forests found in her landscape paintings.

Cindy paints every opportunity she can, and her medium of choice is acrylic on canvas or masonite. When the couple are not traveling to shows, you can find them at their home working on new paintings and carvings on their 10 acres of rugged undeveloped land consisting of numerous recycled structures i.e.; an old converted school bus with a stick built addition, several various small buildings and an old wooden boat that is no longer seaworthy perched on the land. They just recently acquired another freshly retired converted school bus (Hippie Hilton as the seller described it) that has become Cindy’s new art studio!

Their art can be seen in Port Townsend, Washington at Gallery 9, a co-op featuring over 30 local artists and at many of the arts and crafts fairs throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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