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A few years ago, through Ancestry.com DNA testing, I was introduced to the art of my great aunt, Cynthia Reeves Snow, an accomplished artist who generally signed her works Cynthia Reeves. She was the half-sister of my illegitimate grandfather, Elbert. Long after Elbert's death, I learned that his father had married a few years after fathering Elbert, and that Elbert's relationship to his father was recognized by his father's legitimate children and he was sometimes invited to family events. Through Ancestry, I became acquainted on-line with Cynthia's daughter-in-law, who with her husband had inherited many of Cynthia's paintings. She wanted them to be seen, not locked away in a museum's vaults (the University of Connecticut where Cynthia taught for many years was willing to give the paintings a home), so she offered me as many as I liked. I gave many to my siblings and I hope, post-COVID, to give some to cousins. I will be keeping several of them, but I have not yet had them framed--a project I hope to begin this year. As part of my promise to make the paintings available, I have already posted a few on Facebook; they are featured on this website, too, and I hope to use at least one as the cover of a future book. Beginning at the left top, these paintings are: Autumn Full Cycle (1971); Bright Day, Swamp Maple Pattern (1960s); October Landscape (mid-1960s); Spring Song (1995); Rhythmic (mid-1960s); and My Home Was in the Hills - New River Valley (1991).
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Albert Timko
3/6/2025 04:25:25 pm
I was a student of Cynthia Reeves Snow. I remained in contact with her after her retirement from UCONN. She had a lasting impression on me. I think of her whenever I paint.
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Jane Wadsworth
3/14/2025 11:29:43 am
I feel a very close connection to Cynthia Reeves Snow. She was a wonderful watercolor teacher when I attended Uconn. I graduated in 1967, and was married in Sept. of that year. She graciously attended our wedding, and soon after that she had some plants she said she would like to share with me. So, I went over to collect a jade plant, and a cactus, and a grapefruit tree. I still have the jade plant, and think of her often with much gratitude. She was inspiring, and a beautiful person. I didn't know John very well but knew Carol ....as i think we were both cheerleaders at same time in high-school. I have so much enjoyed seeing these pieces of her art. Thanks!!
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