Cynthia Dye
Founding Administrative & Curatorial Director
Cynthia Dye grew up in Providence, Utah in the pastoral setting of rural Cache Valley where her love for art was always encouraged at home. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Utah State University she worked for world renowned photographer Don Busath in Salt Lake City, Utah and portrait designer Lisa Evans in Walnut Creek, California before establishing her own photographic art studio in 1990. Since the year 2000 she has devoted her energies to promoting reverential and devotional art through exhibitions, events, and books. From 2017–19 one of her dreams became reality when she opened and oversaw the Ashton Gardens Art Gallery at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. Her main goal with art is to help draw God's children unto Him and she is thankful for all the devoted artists who create such profound art.
Cynthia and her husband James are the parents of six children—three daughters and three sons. Their home is surrounded by the wonders of nature on a secluded hillside in Mountain Green, Utah.
Founding Administrative & Curatorial Director
Cynthia Dye grew up in Providence, Utah in the pastoral setting of rural Cache Valley where her love for art was always encouraged at home. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Utah State University she worked for world renowned photographer Don Busath in Salt Lake City, Utah and portrait designer Lisa Evans in Walnut Creek, California before establishing her own photographic art studio in 1990. Since the year 2000 she has devoted her energies to promoting reverential and devotional art through exhibitions, events, and books. From 2017–19 one of her dreams became reality when she opened and oversaw the Ashton Gardens Art Gallery at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. Her main goal with art is to help draw God's children unto Him and she is thankful for all the devoted artists who create such profound art.
Cynthia and her husband James are the parents of six children—three daughters and three sons. Their home is surrounded by the wonders of nature on a secluded hillside in Mountain Green, Utah.
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PERSONAL STATEMENT
Art has been a focal point of my life since my earliest memories. I wonder if my mother had any idea the impact a pioneer scene (painted by my grandfather's sister) would have on a young child. Perhaps that's why she hung it in the most prominent place of our home—on a ten foot high dining room wall. It was the first thing we saw when entering the front door and kept us company through every Sunday dinner. I couldn't help but grow up knowing how important my family heritage was and that I was the recipient of generations who went before me. I didn't know at the time how that picture was influencing me, I only knew I loved examining it. My current home also has paintings in it, like the one to the right. I hope they are having a similar affect on my own children, reaching them in ways words never can, bringing them thoughts inspired from on high. Such is the power of art, like music, it takes us to places deep within the heart. |
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