Cassandra Ensberg
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Black Star
stitched, painted paper, 12.75 x 12.75 inches, $700
Caterpiller
stitched painted cut folded paper, 8.75 x 8.75 inches, $500
Color Waves
stitched painted cut folded paper, 12.75 x 12.75 inches, $700
Holy
stitched, painted paper, 12.75 x 12.75 inches, $700
Celebrate
stiched painted paper, 21 x 19 inches, $900
Los Colores
stitched painted cut folded paper, 30 x 30 inches, $2000
Out of the Ashes
stitched, painted paper, 5.5 x 5.5 inches, sold
Phoenix Fledgling
stitched, painted paper, 5.5 x 5.5 inches, $700
Lightening Strike
cut, stitched, painted paper, 5 x 5 inches, $500
Red Flutter
cut, stitched, painted paper, 5 x 5 inches, $500
Gravitational Pull
cut, stitched, painted paper, 6 x 6 inches, $700
Shaman's Mask
cut, stitched, painted paper, 6 x 6 inches, $700
Dancing with the Stars
cut, stitched, painted paper, 6 x 6 inches, $700
Cosmic Order
cut, stitched, painted paper, 6 x 6 inches, $700
Salsa Piquante
acrylic on paper, 13 x 13 inches, $900
Tango
acrylic on paper, 18 x 18 inches, $1200
About the artist...
At 5 years old I knew my path when I got by first beautiful box of crayola crayons. Like many artists, I make art with whatever materials are around, and look at the world as geometry full of forms, layers, and compositions. Communication and principles of simplicity are my primary motivators. I believe that important complex ideas, feelings, and emotions are most powerfully conveyed through artistic expression and this is what I work to do – express the thing that words cannot.
I was born in Massachusetts and have ancestral roots in Maine and South Dakota.
I lived many places growing up.
The natural environment is my preferred place to be.
I graduated from University in Colorado where I studied art and design.
Santa Barbara has been my home for over 35 years
I served on Santa Barbara’s Arts Advisory for 8 years.
In 1988, I founded the Kids Draw Architecture Program.
In 1996 I became an architect and formed Ensberg Jacobs Design Inc where I practice today.
In 2016 I was honored and elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for my work to educate about Art in Architecture.