Cynthia Lizardi grew up in small town America in Safety Harbor, Florida. From a young age, she created countless stories and cartoons before formalizing her art education at Pinellas County Center for the Arts in St. Petersburg Florida and attaining her Bachelor's in Art Studio from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida in 2006.Her influences include psychological concepts, art therapy techniques and the works of Frida Kahlo and Jackson Pollock. Lively use of acrylic paint and textures on raw ground later shifted to tranquil gouache landscapes imbued with cartoon paper...more