{"id":96534,"date":"2026-08-27T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=96534"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:47:39","slug":"cynthia-brody-explores-womens-inner-lives-at-asheville-gallery-of-art-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/cynthia-brody-explores-womens-inner-lives-at-asheville-gallery-of-art-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynthia Brody Explores Women\u2019s Inner Lives at Asheville Gallery of Art in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_96537\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96537\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96537\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody-C-Unexpected-Inspiration-mixed-media-36-x-24-in.-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody-C-Unexpected-Inspiration-mixed-media-36-x-24-in.-1-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody-C-Unexpected-Inspiration-mixed-media-36-x-24-in.-1-copy-2-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody-C-Unexpected-Inspiration-mixed-media-36-x-24-in.-1-copy-2-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody-C-Unexpected-Inspiration-mixed-media-36-x-24-in.-1-copy-2-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody-C-Unexpected-Inspiration-mixed-media-36-x-24-in.-1-copy-2-810x1032.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody-C-Unexpected-Inspiration-mixed-media-36-x-24-in.-1-copy-2-1140x1453.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-96537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unexpected Inspiration. Cynthia Brody, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An exhibition of work by Cynthia Brody, <em>Familiar\/Impossible: Surreal Images of Women<\/em>, opens Tuesday, September 1, at Asheville Gallery of Art, where it will remain on view through Wednesday, September 30. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, September 4, from 5\u20138 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition features mixed-media works that combine digitally manipulated photography with oil painting. The collection includes both earlier works and newer paintings created since Brody\u2019s move to Western North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany years ago I began to notice that most patterns, shapes and designs replicate in Nature,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve been combining photo collage with paint for over 50 years with this insight in mind. I love using photos of natural forms as visual texture to make the viewer look more closely and share the fun I have in tricking the eye into thinking it sees one thing but realizing it is something else in reality\u2026Hair might be comprised of tree lichen or waterfalls. Insect wings are believable as clothing and mushrooms are useful as headpieces. So, what seems familiar may be composed of unrelated elements which make the whole scene impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition centers on women from many cultures and draws on Brody\u2019s longstanding interest in the emotional and psychological dimensions of her subjects. Her career as a psychotherapist has also informed the themes that run throughout her work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96539\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96539\" class=\"wp-image-96539\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody_NatureGirlinRed_36x24_-2800-copy-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody_NatureGirlinRed_36x24_-2800-copy-2-1.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody_NatureGirlinRed_36x24_-2800-copy-2-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody_NatureGirlinRed_36x24_-2800-copy-2-1-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody_NatureGirlinRed_36x24_-2800-copy-2-1-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody_NatureGirlinRed_36x24_-2800-copy-2-1-1014x1536.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AGA-Cynthia-Brody_NatureGirlinRed_36x24_-2800-copy-2-1-810x1227.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-96539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nature Girl in Red. Cynthia Brody, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI call my process \u2018Making Friends,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cThis is because I form a relationship with the subject while creating her though I never work from life. I find images of women, most often from the last century. In earlier pieces I collaged faces, but in the last 10 years or so I\u2019ve mostly painted the faces in my quest to become a better painter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Living among the Blue Ridge Mountains and experiencing Hurricane Helene influenced both the imagery and emotional tone of Brody\u2019s more recent paintings, with storm debris and mountain wildlife finding their way into compositions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the photos I took of downed trees, I was compelled to morph the final image into something beautiful,\u201d she says. \u201cHats and clothing were created from shots of detritus. the expressions of the women wearing them reveals the sorrow. I started one piece of a woman lying down with bears, the Blue Ridge Mountains behind her, before the storm and worked on it outdoors when we had no electricity. At one point, I was lying on my couch in the dim light through the window looking at the woman lying down and thought, \u2018I have become my painting.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although her materials and techniques have evolved over the years, Brody says her artistic focus has remained constant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have been asking me for years why I only focus on women,\u201d she says. \u201cAll I know is if I created a landscape, I\u2019d be wondering where the women went.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Asheville Gallery of Art is located at 82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. To learn more, call 828.251.5796, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/AshevilleGalleryofArt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AshevilleGalleryofArt.com<\/a> or follow the gallery\u2019s Facebook page.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition of work by Cynthia Brody, Familiar\/Impossible: Surreal Images of Women, opens Tuesday, September 1, at Asheville Gallery of Art, where it will remain on view through Wednesday, September 30. 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