M A Cassidy

🤯 he makes me sick everyday.

Today's flower is a Hollyhock on the walk home from the Shoes

😀

Thank you!

In stark black and white, this drawing shapes a world of contrasts and motion. Dark, sweeping curves flow alongside sharp, layered forms, creating a rhythm that feels alive and urgent. The smooth shading of one large shape offers calm against the surrounding energy of bold lines and dense textures. Without color, the play of light and shadow becomes the focal point, drawing the eye through the composition’s natural yet abstract forms. The result is a dynamic balance between tension and release, inviting quiet reflection amid visual movement.

MACassidy
Making Observations 2025
Charcoal on paper 17x14 in

Tidepool/Stormbreak
7" x 11"
Acrylic and china marker on paper
August 2025

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Nothing Feels Better Than Blood on Blood.

#DontLetTheDarknessEatYouUp

Coming 10.30.25/Preorders 10.01.25

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#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks
Good morning, friends. Life transforms your soul. Life elevates you to new heights. Breathe in the joy. This is it. Life is not flawless, not pretty. But it’s sacred, it’s extraordinary, and it’s heartbreakingly stunning. #ThisIsLife

The Gardener uses shades of black, white, and gray to create a quiet, thoughtful scene. A figure stands behind simple vertical bars, their back turned and shaded by a wide hat. The space feels both open and confined at once, the bars suggesting separation while the soft, layered strokes around them suggest a shifting environment. A bucket set beside the figure adds a grounded, everyday detail that hints at labor or care. The limited palette and textured marks work together to evoke a mood of introspection and subtle tension, inviting the viewer to linger in the stillness.

MACassidy
The Gardener 2025
17x14 in, charcoal and gouache on paper

A slender vase holds a bouquet of flowers with large, rounded petals and delicate veins, rendered in shades of black and gray. The contrast between light and shadow divides the background, drawing attention to the flowers’ form and texture. The broad leaf extends outward, its details softly fading into the surrounding space. The monochrome palette strips away distraction, focusing on the quiet beauty of aging blooms and the passage of time. The composition balances softness with bold shapes, inviting a calm and contemplative mood.

M A Cassidy
Flower's Glory 2025
Charcoal on paper, 17x14 in

I was just talking to myself about that yesterday.

Thank you!

Man walks in beautiful nature. Image by Yeray Sánchez

‘There’s beauty in empty spaces, comrades, and sacred mystic mystery in silent places.’

Had enough yet?!

It would, thank you!

Wow, thanks Paco! You definitely feel it.

Raging Storm captures a dark, heavy mood through a dense layering of shadows and warm light. Deep browns and blacks dominate the scene, while a glowing red-orange source pulses softly behind silhouetted trees. Vertical shapes rise through the darkness, guiding the eye toward the distant warmth and adding depth to the composition. The rough, layered brushstrokes give the surface a tactile energy, enhancing the feeling of tension and emotional weight. The contrast between shadow and firelight creates a charged atmosphere that feels both mysterious and intense.

MACassidy
Raging Storm, 2013
Oil on canvas, 63x54

Dark shades of black, gray, and deep blue dominate this piece, creating a heavy, intense mood. At its center, a rough rectangular shape breaks through the shadowed background, marked by strong, angular strokes that build tension. The interplay of soft highlights and deep shadows adds a quiet depth, drawing the eye inward. Textures overlap and layer, giving the surface a sense of weight and complexity. The absence of bright colors keeps the focus on contrast and form, evoking a feeling of isolation and unresolved emotion.

MA Cassidy
The family room lost its family, 2013
Mixed media, oil on canvas
Private collection

Photo by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash

Space is relaxing. It is the breadth you seek when you cannot fit into the narrowness within yourself.

I love what you're doing, it's fascinatingly wonderful😊

Muted greens and browns form the foundation of this work, layered to create a surface that both invites and resists close inspection. Hints of yellow, orange, and white catch the eye, breaking up the earthy tones with quiet moments of light. The texture feels worn, as if the painting has endured time, while faint shapes of windows and bricks suggest fragments of a forgotten place. Lines curve and intersect with angular sharpness, guiding movement across the canvas and adding depth to the composition. The overall mood is enigmatic—balanced between soft natural forms and rigid architectural fragments—offering a sense of calm mystery and quiet reflection.

MACassidy
Old Mill Stream 2022
Mixed media oil on canvas, oil on cardboard 36x42 in

Please stream my consciousness Shoes off, ass on couch annnnnd You keep looking over like I have an answer I do, but you seem upset that it's 'I have no idea' Did you try googling it? How many 'L's are in existential? You tell me we will get through this Together Please excuse my skepticism..it's just that I have no idea what 'this' you are referring to. There is a lot of 'this' going around. And how is me needing to have the answer, US getting through.. What was 'this' again?

#vss365 #together #poetry

"Sometimes I lay awake at night and ask why me? Then, a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up"
-Charles M Shulz

I like your taste and art ❤️

Thank you!

Earthy browns ground the composition, blending smoothly with bursts of turquoise and soft blue that suggest open air and shifting light. Thin black lines rise sharply from below, creating quiet tension against flowing white and black strokes that move across the surface. The painting captures a moment of natural energy—a balance between steady weight and restless motion, evoking the atmosphere of a rain-soaked afternoon. The colors and forms interact with a calm urgency, inviting reflection on the feeling of water and wind in motion.

MACassidy
Rainstormy Afternoon 2017
Oil on canvas
Private collection

"The Sandman", oil on linen, 72x48in
#art #artist #oilonlinen #oiloncanvas

Thank you, Carolyn!

A 4x4 inch square made with bright coloured cotton fabric scraps, in the centre a wooden button. Stitched with variegated thread in circles. Stop killing the children!

Going round in circles 1921
Stitched with Eleganza 8wt EZM1042.
Stop killing the children!
See my YouTube channel for the tutorials: youtube.com/@HermadeRuiter
#hermaderuiter #goingroundincircles #wonderfilspecialtythread #StitchingForPeace #HandmadeArt #ThreadsOfUnity #ArtForChange #quiltsky

Thank you!