Bio
Michael Cassidy is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and Kendall College of Art and Design, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He in currently an Instructor of Art at Gray Collegiate Academy, and the University of South Carolina, Union. Cassidy has held positions at South Carolina State University, the I.P. Stanback Museum and the South Carolina State Museum. Keeping an active studio practice, he has exhibited throughout the Country and at the United States Embassy in Bern, Switzerland and Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has lived in South Carolina for over 20 years and resides in West Columbia. An avid hiker, angler, and hunter, Cassidy continues to draw inspiration from the immense cultural and natural diversity of the Southeastern United States.
Can You See Her? II. oil on canvas, 45 x 45 in. 2024
Artist Statement
Can You See Her?
She lies alone in the shadows, watching, waiting.
Can you see her?
Hiding but desperately wanting to be seen
A vulnerable wildness
Untrusting, mysterious, and misunderstood.
I am trying to see her
Wanting to know
Trying to learn.,
Wanting to help.