Cassie is a mostly self-taught artist with a background in graphics & design and a Bachelors in Architecture.

Cassie’s primary practice is landscapes in oils, with a recent shift towards ship paintings inspired by her love of the Maritime industry. She paints in a photo-realistic style with inspiration drawn from NZ artists such as Rita Angus & Colin McCahon.

Her style is intuitive and she takes reference from photographs she herself has taken or occasionally has been given (of local ships).

Cassie is a multi-disciplined artist who sketches when she can’t paint (when onboard a ship), has a keen eye for photography focusing on landscape & city scapes; & designs building spaces in CAD. When she’s not navigating a ship she has a pencil or paintbrush in her hand...