Artist Fern Cassidy was born in Oakland, CA, but grew up in Colorado. She enjoys traveling, being outdoors, food, and painting. Fern studied drawing and painting at CSU Long Beach, where she learned a lot from professors under whom she trained, but most of her experience comes from her personal practice. She works in all mediums, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, and gouache, but she also likes to experiment with textiles and fiber arts. Fern explores and experiments with colors and shapes, finding inspiration from daily life and the things around her: “Art is a means to preserve and find meaning in life.”