About the Artist

My name is Cassie Howard and I’m a young artist in Denver, Colorado. Throughout my childhood, I was surrounded by art, fashion and design. These various interests inspired me to create beautiful still lifes. Instead of painting a simple white cloth or a bowl of fruit, I look for intricate tapestries and cultural objects that are not normally found in traditional still lifes. Today’s art industry has pushed me to think of still lifes in a different way. Since I have a variety of interests, my paintings have allowed me to combine my past experiences into visual works of art.

My primary medium is watercolor and gouache. My work has a traditional feel, but not too realistic where I can’t use my own creative license. My mother raised me in a creative household. My mother was an antique dealer who collected rare objects. She always decorated our house with unique items. Years ago she placed a Japanese ceramic boat on the windowsill and filled the sculpture with barbed wire. Over the years, she collected Japanese teapots, Navajo rugs, and even antique rulers. Without a doubt, her passion for art and design gave me insurmountable inspiration.

For the past two and a half years, I have been working on my portfolio. In 2018, I graduated from Hamilton college and earned a degree in Fine Arts. Throughout college, I interned for a couple of fashion designers (Giambattista Valli, Alberta Ferretti and Philosophy Di Lorenzo Serafini). After I completed my internships, I worked on a year long thesis. For my senior thesis, I painted interior scenes which lead me to interior design. Once I graduated, I completed an intensive program in interior design. Afterwards, I left interior design to focus on my own artwork. I realized fashion and interior design did not give me enough creative freedom. As a result, I decided to work for myself and focus solely on my artwork.

Accomplishments:

2020: Runner up in a competition hosted by the owners of Highclere Castle (Filmed in the PBS series Downton Abbey)