Carmel Magazine

144-148 Cassandria Gallery_Carmel Mag 4/22/13 8:09 PM Page 4 glass (albeit mostly accidentally) since it There are three Cassandria was invented in the Bronze Age, Blackmore studio locations: Seattle, around 3000 B.C. But spending hours San Francisco and Carmel. She and hours painstakingly painting on somehow finds time to run all three, glass and then purposely breaking it? juggling her busy work schedule with Completely original. family time with her husband and Blackmore's work is highly labor- two children. intensive—no surprise there. Each Oh—and that self-portrait? Years painting can take between eight and 14 later, her angel collector fell on hard weeks to complete. She works with times and Blackmore was by then in a intensity—sometimes working straight position to buy back a lot of her early through the night, music playing con- work from his collection. That portrait stantly in the background. The paintings was among those pieces.Today it hangs would be exceptional and would probably fare level. The abstract works have a haunting, sooth- well as fine art if she just stopped at that. The ing effect that evoke otherworldly landscapes The Cassandria Blackmore Studio is on 6th shattering and reconstruction adds a depth of while her figurative pieces are infused with Avenue between Dolores and Lincoln. For more dimension that takes them to a whole new cheery light and photo-like clarity. information, visit www.blackmorestudios.com. in her home—not to be sold again. To many, dyslexia would be a hindrance; Cassandria Blackmore turned it into an asset, affording her the ablility to paint in reverse on the back of glass panels. The result can be seen in the haunting and mesmerizing "Citron Ceto" (Top) and "Kapnos Series" (Bottom). 148 C ARMEL MAGAZINE•SPRING/SUMMER 2013

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