Maggie (2016) Drawing by Cynthia Tudor

Early into my marriage, I underwent a bilateral mastectomy. The healing that followed over the next year was more emotional than physical. The struggle to stand naked before a mirror and feel within myself as a woman... whole. I used to idly sketch on a drawing pad through the afternoons to pass the time. Nothing serious. But my husband one day suggested returning to school. Study fine arts. I enrolled in a small local university with a focus at first upon drawing, then broadened out to printmaking. I completed a BFA, then later attended graduated school for art education to teach. I would work with inner-city elementary children throughout the day, and afterwards climb the stairs of an old warehouse to my studio. I'd begin laying out the materials that I needed, while waiting for the model to arrive. 

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : 1948
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary American Artists