Cindi, who died last week of cancer at age 65, was a founding member of Ottawa Urban Sketchers, a group of like-minded artists of varying skills who share a common enthusiasm for seeing their city and the world with new eyes and sharing their creations with others.
Cindi, an amateur artist, discovered the urban sketching movement while visiting New York, something she did annually through her career with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers , said her daughter, Meagan Moynahan-Foreman. Cindi was born Feb. 4, 1957, in Comox, B.C. Her father was in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the family moved and travelled a lot. She studied early childhood education at Sheridan College but had to drop out to care for her own mother, who was sick with cancer.
As an artist, Cindi was self-taught, learning the intricacies of colour theory, watercolours and mixed media. She was a keen birder and was also fascinated by genealogy, spending hours poring over records and news clippings to piece together the family history back to Ireland. Her genealogical work, like her art, was all about storytelling, Meagan said.
Following the urban sketcher’s “manifesto”, members vow to draw on location, “be truthful to the scenes we witness,” support each other, share their work online and “show the world, one drawing at a time.”Urban sketching, White said, “is the exact opposite of taking an iPhone photo.”
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