Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, January 8, 1995                   TAG: 9501070043
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 6   EDITION: METRO 
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NAME: CYNTHIA WOODIE.

OCCUPATION: Commercial artist. Sculpts models of superheroes, Disney characters, the Muppets and others, from which toys will be made. Also has sculpted Cabbage Patch Dolls, and reliefs and a fountain for Disney World.

LIVES IN: Manhattan.

MARRIED: To photographer Marcus Tullis.

CHILDREN: Two boys - Spencer, 4; Mercer, 9 months.

HOMETOWN: Troutville.

PARENTS: Fred and Virginia Woodie, Troutville (``I said, 'You go for it,'" Virginia Woodie recalled recently of her daughter's decision to pursue a career in art, "'but you take typing so that you can make a living.'" So she did.)

EDUCATION: Lord Botetourt High School, Hollins College.

ARRIVED IN NEW YORK: 1982.

REASON: "Just the adventure."

WORST EVER ARTS-RELATED JOB: Making a death mask from a corpse.

QUOTE: "When you start acting like a New Yorker, you know it's time for a vacation."