Cydney Clowdsley
Mixed media creations and acrylic paintings
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Cydney Clowdsley – “The Piper’s Nyd”
Cydney’s father was a 7th generation bagpiper who often referred to her as Nyd or Nydney growing up, thus, the name of her “business” … she IS the Piper’s Nyd.
Cydney Clowdsley is originally from North Carolina but being the daughter of a career officer in the armed forces, there was never a true home base until moving to the Northwest from Spain in 1981. In her early years, her heart was in classical dance. Art has always been a great passion in various forms in her life. Mostly self-taught in art, she has also sought formal training in acrylic painting with both abstract and plein air genres.
In the last 20 years, Cydney has sold acrylic paintings in various venues such as craft shows or area art shows. Most recently, she has been selling acrylic paintings in Langley. At the same time, she developed a creative wall hanging that has taken off. She has sold over 400 pieces in the last 3 years along with many custom projects. Never intending this to be a “thing”, she simply called these creations, “sticks”. She does not tend to duplicate the sticks so they truly are one of a kind. She uses acrylics, beads, clay, and anything interesting she can find to make something interesting! Many of the toppers are hand made or hand painted as well. She gets great joy out of doing this and truly loves the fact that others get joy out of them as well. Its what keeps it going...
Cydney’s father was a 7th generation bagpiper who often referred to her as Nyd or Nydney growing up, thus, the name of her “business” … she IS the Piper’s Nyd.
Cydney Clowdsley is originally from North Carolina but being the daughter of a career officer in the armed forces, there was never a true home base until moving to the Northwest from Spain in 1981. In her early years, her heart was in classical dance. Art has always been a great passion in various forms in her life. Mostly self-taught in art, she has also sought formal training in acrylic painting with both abstract and plein air genres.
In the last 20 years, Cydney has sold acrylic paintings in various venues such as craft shows or area art shows. Most recently, she has been selling acrylic paintings in Langley. At the same time, she developed a creative wall hanging that has taken off. She has sold over 400 pieces in the last 3 years along with many custom projects. Never intending this to be a “thing”, she simply called these creations, “sticks”. She does not tend to duplicate the sticks so they truly are one of a kind. She uses acrylics, beads, clay, and anything interesting she can find to make something interesting! Many of the toppers are hand made or hand painted as well. She gets great joy out of doing this and truly loves the fact that others get joy out of them as well. Its what keeps it going...
