“I started out as an illustrator. The more I painted and studied, the more I was sure I was not an illustrator. I became fascinated with the impressionist and their use of color and design. I’m now interested in suggesting nature more than representing it traditionally.” Ct Cummins was born in Rochester, NY, in 1952. She received her BA from Otis Parsons in 1985. Ct’s fine art career started in 2001 at the Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, having sold several pieces right from the start. Her work is inspired by a wide variety of masters including Van Gogh, Monet, Bernard Cathelin. It wasn’t until I came to live in Florida and doing a mentorship with David Slonim and Jeff Erickson that I developed my abstract voice and fell in love with cold wax and oil."