Cindy Horovitz Wilson - Maker's Monday March 2024

Cindy Horovitz Wilson

Cindy Wilson is a member, exhibitor, and teacher who has been involved with SCAA for many years. An accomplished artist, she has had numerous honorable mentions and placed awards. Of note, she won first place recognition in the East Greenwich Library’s “Winter’s Eve”, at an SCAA Member’s Exhibition, and way back in the days of Kodachrome, the Providence Journal’s Sunday Magazine Photo Contest. She has also had several group and solo exhibitions, including “Cuba through an American Lens” in Gibara, Cuba.
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In her own words, Cindy is "humbled yet proud of the success I have had in mentoring and teaching," having found her knowledge, skills and vision have grown right along with her students. Local, regional and international photography workshops have been a source of inspiration, in tailoring the photography instruction to different cultures and places. Cindy continues to develop her own vision, exploring through the thread of her images her own self-discovery.

Learn more & view her work at the following:
Website; cindywilsonphoto.com
Instagram: @chwphoto
Facebook: cindywilsonphoto

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Where are you from, and what do you make?

I am originally from Cranston, RI and have arrived in North Kingstown via Philadelphia (Tyler School of Art) and Block Island. I have been making photographs ‘with intent’ since my undergraduate days at URI (a long, long, time ago). The thread in that work lives today!

What inspires you to create?

I brake for silos and smokestacks! Having always been curious for subjects that have a backstory, I am drawn to visually capture transition; decaying, abandoned buildings, obsolete machines and artifacts left behind. In photographing structures like mills & barns, I acknowledge their purposefulness in not only design but in the people whose lives unfolded within that space. I acknowledge that spirit, a withdrawn hand of man that leaves a presence that becomes eternal. 

Which artist outside of your chosen medium has had the most impact on your art? What do they do and in what way do they influence you?

Michelangelo’s unfinished figures: the struggling postures of the figures and the clear evidence of the stone from which they were coming alive.
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The abstraction of Henri Matisse’s larger than life-size series of Backs in the courtyard: the shapes/forms, their abstractions; their textures.

Is there a work of art that has changed your life or how you view the world in some way?

There isn’t just one. The contemplation of what generally calls my attention, through theme, playfulness, texture and color hold my attention. I believe it calls up something in my collective unconscious.

​As a member of SCAA, what do you like most about us?

I love SCAA’s sense of community and history deep in her walls. I’ve enjoyed participating in both educational and exhibiting roles, feeling part of a long tradition. I have met and developed strong relationships with many members of SCAA. Thanks so much for inviting me to be part of Maker’s Monday.

Tell us a joke:

What’s the difference between a large pepperoni pizza and a struggling photographer?
A large pepperoni pizza can feed a family of four!