With Serenity and translucent light infused into her paintings, Cindy Briggs (also known as Cindy Briggs Battles) shares her colorful passion for life in her paintings. The internationally recognized artist has been featured in American Watercolor Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, and Outdoor Painter for her touring workshops in destinations like France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Sicily, Turkey, Croatia, Canada, and from Maine to California to Alaska.
The Daniel Smith Brand Ambassador paints in Watercolors, Oils and Gouache. She conducts online, plein air and studio workshops with many arts organizations including Smithsonian Art Studios, University of Utah, French Escapade, Terracotta.art, Salinara Art Workshops, Shopkeeparty in England, Kimball Art Center, Nevada, Utah and the Northwest Watercolor Societies.
With over 1,000 artists in her online programs, she continues to find ways to connect with artists throughout the world.
She has served as a juror for regional and national art exhibitions, and has been featured in numerous international exhibitions. Her work was also recently featured in SPLASH 24 (The Best of Watercolors).
From a family of artists, Briggs earned a degree in Communication Arts and worked as an Advertising Art Director for top ten agencies on the West Coast prior to painting full time.
She is the co-Author of “Make Every Day A Painting” with Theresa Goesling and is publishing a new Inspirational Journal with Carol Frazier. She lives in Utah near her family and enjoys painting excursions to the Canyonlands and Zion National Park.
Internationally recognized watercolor artist Cindy Briggs has been featured on the cover of International Artist Magazine (including a feature article), as well as in PleinAir Magazine, American Watercolor, Outdoor Painter, Watercolor Magazine, among other publications. She is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society and Northwest Watercolor Society and a Daniel Smith Brand Ambassador.
Her luminous watercolors are inspired by travel and life experiences and seek to reveal the poetry of each place and subject through captivating design, expressive brushwork, and dramatic light.
Continuing the creative legacy of her family, Cindy shares her passion for the arts through both painting and teaching. For more than 25 years, she has led international plein air retreats and workshops throughout Europe and North America in destinations including France, Italy, Scotland, Greece, Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Quebec, Belgium, Sicily, and across North America.
Since 2019, Cindy has expanded that experience through seven immersive online programs featuring encouraging artist communities, live paint-alongs, and growing libraries of more than 350 lessons designed for artists of all levels. Today, more than 1,400 artists participate in her online programs.
Cindy serves on the faculty for Smithsonian Art Studios, University of Utah, Watercolor Live, Terracotta.art, and Palette Exchange and has also served as an instructor and juror for numerous arts organizations.
Before painting full time, Cindy earned a degree in Communication Arts and worked for 15 years as an Advertising Art Director for leading national agencies in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. She is co-author of Make Every Day A Painting with Theresa Goesling and Lemonade Lists with Carol Frazier and continues to develop new resources that encourage creativity and artistic exploration.
Based in Utah, Cindy is drawn to the natural stone cathedrals of Zion, the towering Wasatch Mountains, and the historic architecture of Park City. While traveling throughout Europe remains a dream come true, returning home to her studio offers time for reflection, creating new work, and continuing to share the creative experience with artists online.
Master Artist, Cindy Briggs NWS, NWWS has been awarded the esteemed Signature status in the National Watercolor Society and Northwest Watercolor Society. Through this distinction, the excellence of her work and mastery of the medium continues to elevates the arts and help raise the bar for watermedia art.
Master Artist, Cindy Briggs NWS, NWWS has been awarded the esteemed Signature status in the National Watercolor Society and Northwest Watercolor Society. Through this distinction, the excellence of her work and mastery of the medium continues to elevates the arts and help raise the bar for watermedia art.
Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational 2026
Cover & Feature Artist – International Artist Magazine April/May 2026
Art of the West May 2026
2nd Qingdao International Watercolor Festival Invitation 2025
Ruhong, China Art Center Permanent Collection 2025
Painting “Brazilian Blues” featured in NWS-RSW 2024 International Exhibit
The Best of Watercolor – Splash 24
Daniel Smith Brand Ambassador
Watercolor Live 2023
Art School Live with Eric Rhoads
Northwest Watercolor Society Open Exhibition 2023
National Watercolor Society (NWS) Signature Awarded 2022
National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition 2022 and International Open Exhibition 2022
Northwest Watercolor Society Signature Board Member, Award Winner
American Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Society , In Multiple Exhibits, Los Angeles
Oregon Watercolor Society – Award Winner
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies , Las Vegas 2015
Plein Air Magazine , Feature Article 2016, Wet Paint Section 2017, Workshops 2018
Outdoor Painter – 3-Part Series Article 2015
Artist in Residence, L’Isle sur la Sorgue , Provence, France 2017
High Desert Art League President, Bend, Oregon
High Desert Museum – Western Rendezvous Juried Artist & Juror 2012–2020
Arts Central Gallery – Best of Show
Executive Board Member, Arts Central, Bend, Oregon
Watercolor Society of Oregon Board Member
Deschutes Children Foundation Featured Artist
Plein Air Painters of Oregon Juror East Side Fine Arts Association , Bellevue, Washington – Poster Artist
Richard Schmid Invitational , Colorado 2007–2012
Sunriver Art Festival Juror, Oregon
DAR National Art Award 2012
Kitchen Kaleidoscope Poster Artist ( Assistance League of Bend )
Watercolor Society of Utah
Intermountain Society of Artists
Madeline Island School of the Arts
Uptrek Retreats
Women in Watercolor
Transparent Watercolor Society
North American Watercolor Society
Daniel Smith Brand Ambassador
Smithsonian Art Studios Faculty Since 2021
University of Utah Faculty Since 2019
Palette-Exchange Faculty Since 2025
Terracotta.art Faculty Since 2021
Watercolor Live Faculty, 2023
French Escapade Instructor Since 2015
