Cindy DeSantis

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born in a suburb outside of Philly named Conshohocken. It was there amid a laughing satiric Italian Puerto Rican Catholic homelife (eternal blasting TV - General Hopsital and the Flintstones - Radio screaming - American Bandstand (her Uncle Cha Cha danced on the show), a Spanish station - Motown) that she sat and doodled cartoons and drawings with one liners like a low tech obsessed demon artist. Her mother, (Imagine Charo mixd with Lily Munster) has a massive doll collection. Her father, (think Ralph Cramden and Barney Miller with a touch of Perry Mason) has a massive toy collection. A carpenter by trade with a well equipped workshop in the basement he taught Cindy how to use power tools. Dad is also a folk artist who paints primitive hometown scenes on old handsaws and tools. After graduating from high school she got diverted into singing lead in a band, The Yaya's for 8 years. In1988 she followed a friend to Los Angeles and discovered her love for art again. She eventually settled on assemblage art and cartooning as her favorite genres. She published a book of one panels called "Poodleland" on Atmus Press and her cartoons had been published regularly in the Coagula Art Journal. Her past few years have been spent in the creation of  her "Save Us" artwork series and her love of music, writing and theatrical singing endeavours.