Bio

Cynthia Jenkins is a self-taught artist and photographer living in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Her paintings are contemporary, diverse in subject matter and style, rendered primarily in oil and pastel. Exhibited works may be viewed at her working studio at the Blue Door Artists Studios and Espana Restaurant in downtown Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Awards

Juried - 2025 American Impressionist Society 6th Annual All Member Online Exhibition

Juried - Southeastern Pastel Society “Luminosity” 2025 Juried Virtual International Open Exhibition

Juried 2025 - the Pastel Art Promotion Association of Taiwan The 32nd International Online Exhibition!

Juried - 2023 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, third quarter “Golden Hour” (Best of Show)

Juried - 2022 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, third quarter “Our Natural World” (Best of Show)

Juried - 2022 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, second quarter “ Slice of Life” (Honorable Mention)

Juried - 2022 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, Second Quarter “Our Island Paradise” (First Place)

Juried - Southeastern Pastel Society April 2022 'Make Your Mark' Virtual International Juried Exhibition

Juried - 2022 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, First Quarter “Off Beat” (Honorable Mention, pastel)

Juried - 2021 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, Third Quarter “Dance of Light” (Best in Show, pastel)

Juried - 2021 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, Second Quarter “Ordinary People” (Honorable Mention, pastel)

Juried - 2021 Dakota Pastels Competition Second Quarter (Honorable Mention)

Juried - 2021 Island Art Association Nouveau Art Show, First Quarter “Tied up in Blue” (Third Place, pastel)

Memberships

Pastel Society of America - Associate Member

Southeastern Pastel Society

First Coast Pastel Society

Oil Painters of America

The American Society of Marine Artists