Cydney Camp in the Studio
“Right now, at the end of the day, I’m just fascinated with life and feeling it all. It’s joyous, and it’s overwhelming.”
“You can see the speed at which I paint sometimes in some of them. That sense of vitality is important to me,’’ she explains. “Then, there are others that take more time, where you see a lot more texture and attention and care. When I paint like that, I’m feeling good, like I’m accessing the sensation of the moment or some nice memory.”
“ When I finally started painting again, I found a release in a different way. I feel like I’m exorcising something, and I see my care for myself in the art now, like I’m renewing myself through my eye for detail and the understanding of allowing myself and my body the space to just to be.”
“Some days, it’s a real battle. You’re like, ‘Duck and cover.’ You’re crying one minute, and then the next you’re not…I feel like I’m always trying to navigate that balance and how to maybe express it all in one painting.”
Photographed by CJ Benninger
