Cassandra's paintings and metalwork sculpture have been shown in numerous fine galleries throughout the Southwestern United States such as Eldorado Gold in Santa Fe, One Of A Kind in Sedona, Carter Malouf and Yerxa Gallery, Hickory Street Annex, Art-A-Tact, Art Galimaufry, The Artist's Showcase, Hakan International, The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas Visual Arts Coalition Gallery, Haley-Henman, Oldfield Davis, Texas Gaylord Resort, Penne Pomodoro Restaurant, the International Museum of Cultures, The Shanley House Gallery, Rockport Center for the Arts, the Texas State Fair, HCG, Felder Gallery, the Islander, and Norwood Flynn Gallery.       She won first place in the 2008 25th Anniversary TSA show, Art: off the Wall and won awards at the 2009 Fall Festival of Art. Other recent exhibitions include Shorelines International Coastal Show, Summerfest, Snider Plaza Artwalk, September Morn, Salon du Fit, Art in the Hood, Deck the Walls, and the ACA Annual Awards Show. She was a featured artist in Xpose' Arts Magazine. She is a member of Texas Sculpture Association, Associated Creative Artists, the Creative Arts Center, the DVAC, the international national Artmetal Community, and was a participant in the nationwide Imagillaboration Sculpture project.

      Cassandra is Vice President and board member of the Texas Sculpture Association, and an independent curator. Over the past two decades she has and continues to curate art and gallery exhibits such as Fin de Siecle, the annual Garden Gallery Art Show, Breaking the Sound Barrier, as well as the upcoming shows, Collaborage, Sensoria, and H2Odyssey.

      Utilizing her background of dance and the performing arts with the visual arts, Cassandra produced a number of multi-media shows in the past two decades such as Season's Turning, the DPC's Celebration of Spring, and Performfest '92, '93, and '94, while a member of the Dallas Poets Community, the Japanese taiko drum group Kobushi, and three other dance and drumming groups in the 1990's.

      Cassandra grew up in a family of artists who loved nature. She has always enjoyed working in a variety of media.

     "Because I believe nature is the best art there is, I don't think one can improve on it. But since nature is my inspiration I want to give my own interpretation of it; that's a uniquely human ability. Humans were made to create and interpret, and I believe there's nobility in any kind of attempt to bring more beauty into the world.

     Art can become a lifeline, a bridge to the self we might otherwise forget about. With each year I spend more time digging in the earth and planting, and I see a connection between planting ideas and developing my art like I would my garden. I'm coming to believe that creating art can help us uncover our true essence; more accurately than our jobs, roles, personality, or other things we let define us.   

 In getting back to my roots, I have made a personal commitment to expand my own fine art galleries, as well as to provide venues and opportunities for other artists to break new ground in their art. Please see the Artful Events page for shows and opportunities that will foster new ways of stretching ourselves through the creative process. Since an artist goes within to create art, then goes out into the world to find people to witness it, a special thanks to Rocío Heredia for her excellent work on this Website, and many thanks to you for visiting and letting me share my work with you."  
                                                                                                             

"September Morn" Reception 2008
 

"If you always shield the rocks from the storm,
you will never see the carvings."

~ Ancient Chinese Proverb

“Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?”

~ Frank Scully