Cassandra Gillens
Cassandra Gillens is a self-taught artist, residing in the Low Country of South Carolina, an area she cherishes deeply. Born and educated in Boston, Massachusetts, her earliest memories are drawing with colored chalks on the sidewalks of Roxbury, Massachusetts. The memories remained a part of her when she began to paint images depicting her early childhood years in South Carolina. Upon her return to Boston she was moved to paint her visions of the Low Country’s comforting southern culture. Cassandra is closely connected with the people and culture in this beautiful and historic land; her paintings depict some of her fondest memories as a child, and also of good old southern living and images of various life styles found on the Sea Islands. Her paintings show that love with vivid saturated color and simplification of forms keeping her true to the style of fauvism. Cassandra’s work is collected throughout the United State and Europe, and is part of the collection of the Myrtle Beach Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in her home state.