Figure painting with Ashley Cassens

Ashley Cassens

Hello! I am a native Floridian who earned my BFA from Florida Southern College in 2006 and an MFA from Florida Atlantic University in 2017. Both of those degrees, focused on 2D works of art, with a focus on oil painting and the figure. I have received several awards in addition to my Graduate Teaching Assistantship, including a Provost Fellowship, two Graduate Advisory Board Grants, a Friedland Grant, a Rothenberger Scholarship, an Ambassador of the Arts Scholarship, and was twice awarded a Women in the Visual Arts Scholarship. I have exhibited my work at the ARC Gallery in Chicago, The Cornell Museum in Delray Beach, the Box Gallery in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. I have studied in workshops with Julian Schnabel and Steven Assael. In 2016 I worked at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL in museum education, furthering her passion for teaching. My expertise extends to drawing and painting: including watercolors (both pencil and traditional water colors), acrylics and oils, which I have taught to both children and adults since 2002. In my own practice I use low or zero toxic materials in oils and am happy to guide both beginning and advance students in these efforts. I'm passionate about learning both in and out of the classroom and love seeing my students thrive.