Cassandra Brown - Artist

These snowboarding boots are destined for Fort McMurray, AB, which is home to 3000 wood bison. I remember driving north of the city when I was a kid with my grandparents to go look at them, it was pretty amazing to see so many grazing together.

The cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. To train some of the major AI models produces 626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide. The Bitcoin industry alone could produce enough CO2 to result in a 2 degrees Celsius warming by 2050.

Since my first year university painting course, I've been exploring imagery of circuitry/root systems, though back then I had no inkling of the way that facets of technology would become energy consuming behemoths. While they might have societal benefits, they cause huge environmental detriment.

I am also exploring representations of the environmental impacts our hyper technological age is having on the natural world. Opening night is Friday, 7th March 2025 @ 7 pm GMT. The show will be on view until Friday, 28th March 2025.

AI art has often been on my mind in the last year. For my painting "Degrade I" for WOWxWOW's "Follow the Universe" group show, I wanted to incorporate more physicality in my paintings, to focus on the tangibleness of traditional painting, versus the immateriality of AI art.

I usually paint the eyes first. It feels like such an integral part of a painting, if I can't get the eyes right, might as well burn the whole thing down, ya know? North America's tallest bird, the whooping crane is at risk/endangered in Alberta.

Purr interruption.

For a few years I did local markets, but then I was scammed by a fake market and haven't really delved into it again. The market vendor FB groups are abundant with scammers.

Alberta artists, do you have a favourite market that is a good fit for art and art adjacent items, like pins and stickers?

I have availability for customs, with completion dates in April and beyond. You can send me a message or email: cassandra@cassolstudio.com. I never mind answering questions or providing quotes! And because it matters more these days, a reminder that I am based in Canada!

QRP with your wings art!

My painting "Quiet Refuge" is available through @everydayoriginal.bsky.social. It measures 11.5" x 11.5" on stretched canvas.

Crackers are surprisingly easy to make also.

We have started getting Odd Bunch deliveries for local fruits and veggies, and if you are looking to save money and buy Canadian, it's a win win.

I don't have a name for this painting yet, but it's almost done!

Hi, little friend.

Just a few weeks until February 15, when this work will be featured on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social

Sometimes the first pass on a painting ain't so bad.

It's been an age since I painted a human skull, I think it was a figure drawing class in university that I last drew a skeleton. Getting back to some basic forms and interesting lighting for next month's release on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social

My last pair of customs for 2024, a lovely pair of Doctor Who Converse hightops.

#artadventcalendar day 20

Disco unicorn custom painted roller skate boots.

Nike Jordan shoes with a painting of down town Calgary and curling ice on the sides.

#artadventcalendar This year I customized shoes for Tourism Calgary when we hosted the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

A painting of a puffin on a bright teal background.

#artadventcalendar day 16!

This little fella. 😍

#artadventcalendar day 15.

"Adventure Awaits". Sometimes you want to paint something cute and colourful.

A monochromatic blue painting of a whale diving into the depths of the ocean.

"Two Worlds" is the first monochromatic painting I have done in years.

#artadventcalendar day 14

A painting of a mermaid on a rock in a grotto, reaching for a trident swirling around a whirlpool.

#artadventcalendar day 13! "Trident's Lure" is the largest painting I did this year, and is based on a reoccurring dream I used to have.

I tend to want to do things by the book. As an artist and a small business owner, insurance is such a big expense and the products available don't seem to be a good fit. I know many artists probably forgo insurance and take the risk, but for those that do have insurance, anyone wanna chat about it?

Stylized drawing of three barn owls crowded together so that the one on left and right are partially cut off from the image. They are staring out at viewer with very solemn expressions.

I see #ArtAdventCalendar is thriving...

Remember, the owls are always watching (and they are slightly judgy)

Fiery mountains sloping into a mineral blue lake.

Tinder dry #ArtAdventCalendar

A colorful fused-glass wavy bowl featuring a spider or jellyfish looking squashed. The legs/tentacles are made from dichroic glass.

Grades are in and I can breathe (a little)!
Here’s a fused-glass bowl of a squashed spider or jellyfish (your choice) for day 12 #artadventcalendar
I’m a ravenous ferret when it comes to dichro glass!
#fusedglass #glassart #art

A painting of a big horn sheep against the background of blue green aurora borealis.

"Endure" from a couple months ago for #artadventcalendar day 12!

#artadventcalendar day 11! A painting for the new year, "Renewal".

#artadventcalendar day 10