Doodling and tinkering from her surroundings and imagination, fueled by prolific reading and exploring, her artwork progressed from school binders to archival quality canvas, and her talent has steadily and consistently been pushing her skill further and further.

The first 'convention' was Baycon '86 where she was taken in by a group of friendly wolf riders, and given an opportunity to sell rough photocopies of her work. From this simple beginning, she went on to regularly attending Baycon when in California, participating in its artists colony and art show, often having pieces sold through auction. The entire artists' colony would need to be dead in order for her table to be slow.

A brief stint in Oregon brought new experience, and a new opportunity to sell artwork through commission at local shops, and Orycon '88, where she won awards for her submissions into the art show.

A return to California brought more free-lance work with commissioned paintings and sketches, continued attendance at Baycon, and work at the Central Coast Renaissance Festival with Gryffon & Dragon, and then later, with Gryffon, Dragon & Wolf. Work at the festival consisted of selling originals, prints, and doing portraiture for patrons sitting for her at the faire.

Adding Silicon to the list of regular shows, she has been attending for the last five years, with a few miscellaneous gaming shows and Anime shows mixed in. She has done work for various publications, covers for gaming magazines as well as interior illustrations. She has been busy assisting in web and graphic design, also working in advertising and marketing.

To this day, she is busy with commissioned paintings and illustrations, and she still owes my mom a painting of Monterey cypress overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Cindy Furry
November 20, 1997