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Cynthia Decker uses Poser and Vue to create amazing

environments that blend nature and fantasy architecture.

DAL: Cynthia, welcome to this special Myst

tribute edition of Digital Art Live.

CD: Thank you so much, I'm honoured to be

included in this issue.

DAL: You live and work in Asheville in North

Carolina? How has the place fared, over the

last three years since we interviewed you

(3DAD #28, April 2013)? Is it still inspiring?

CD: Absolutely. I still love living here, it's a

vibrant arts community. I've become more

involved in local galleries, and the art scene in

the area. It keeps me inspired to see the works

of other artists in all mediums.

DAL: What’s your studio setup like these days,

and what’s the view like?

CD: Asheville is in the Appalachian Mountains of

Western North Carolina, the oldest mountain

range in the world. The worn down, rolling

mountains are forested and dotted with small

towns. My studio window faces into the woods;

so I get to sit in the forest and create digital

art. I can't complain!

My computer setup is marginally better these

days, but similar to what I had a few years ago.

I use a 27” IPS monitor, and a PC: 6-core

3.3GHz Intel i7 processor, 64Gb of memory,

Nvidia GTX 970 graphics card.

DAL: Right, so you’re near the Blue Ridge

Mountains. That’s not the same range that

Laurel and Hardy famously sang about is it?

Ah, no... that’s the ‘Blue Ridge Mountains of

Virginia’. Do you get to walk up high into the

mountains there? I see several of your pictures

seem to have an affinity with “the high places”