Cassie Jeffries is a painter and sculptural abstractionist based in Akron, Ohio. She received her BFA in Painting from Kent State University and has spent the past year pushing the boundaries of abstraction through shaped, hand-cut surfaces. Her work explores the relationship between internal emotion and external environment, channeling both through a language of organic forms and layered, intuitive mark-making. 

Jeffries draws deep inspiration from nature— its patterns, cycles, and the quiet chaos within its shifting landscapes. She often takes plein air walks, sketching observations in watercolor as a way to internalize nature’s fleeting details. These visual impressions become the seeds of her studio practice, where she breaks down, reinterprets, and reimagines them into abstract forms. Through this process, she engages in a dialogue between randomness and structure, developing systems that reflect her personal and emotional response to the natural world. Her visual vocabulary mimics natural processes: layering, eroding, repeating, and evolving. 

Her recent work is defined by shaped wooden panels, cut by hand to introduce negative space and spatial tension into the compositions. These forms are painted with a mix of soft gradients and bold textures, saturated and muted tones, and a balance of precision and spontaneity. By layering and sanding down surfaces before repainting them, Jeffries allows each piece to hold its own history. The resulting works are tactile, playful, and reflective. They examine the complex harmony of nature through a lens of personal exploration, constraint, and release.