Cynthia Brody has been an exhibiting artist for over 40 years.  She took art classes at Parsons and The New School and developed a self-taught style that she has expanded upon throughout the years.  The bulk of her work incorporates the combination of photo images with oil paints to create a surreal impression.  The digitally manipulated photos are often used out of context for their visual texture, and it is only upon closer inspection that the viewer begins to discover that what appears to be recognizable is actually made up of something else entirely. In recent pieces she creates texture by utilizing handmade papers and small objects in combination with paint. Her works incorporate elements of beauty contrasted with the strong statements and pensive attitudes of the women depicted representing many cultures .  Several of the pieces resemble icons honoring the complexity, angst and beauty of the female experience. 

Ms. Brody is also a psychotherapist.  Her interest in the psyche is reflected in her artwork.  She is the contributing editor of Bittersweet Legacy - Creative Responses to the Holocaust, a collection of art and poetry published by University Press of America. Her work has been featured in Womankind Magazine and Shanti Arts Magazine.  

In her work as artist, editor and therapist, Ms. Brody strives to raise the awareness and sensitivity of others regarding the human experience and the struggles and beauty, which are an integral part of life.