{"id":58730,"date":"2024-09-09T08:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=58730"},"modified":"2024-09-09T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:46:15","slug":"versions-of-light-on-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=58730","title":{"rendered":"Versions of Light on Water."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Using mundane, found objects as canvases for painting seems to be a trend right now. Some do it better than others, among them David Cass<\/a>. Tins, cardboard boxes, beer coasters, old nautical maps and antique pulleys serve him well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Cass Ask <\/em>(2023) egg tempera, watercolour & pencil on photo mount<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Cass Refuse<\/em> (2024) oil on wooden box lid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Cass Commit (<\/em>2022-2023) oil on bus blind on board<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Cass Work in progress for \u2018Where Once the Waters.<\/em>\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Cass \u201cPulley I \u2013 Rockport, ME\u201d (2023-24), oil on marine pulley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His depictions of light on water are appealing, focussed on the structure and utility of water, rather than some etherial glow that uplifts traditional seascapes. According to reviews<\/a> he is also concerned with climate change and pollution of the oceans, but that cannot easily be deducted from the paintings – at least not by me. (I also, admittedly, always wonder if we all, I am not excluding my own work, need to push an agenda, offer something that has “meaning”, rather than just focus on depicting the beauty that is. A topic for a different day.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Light on Water<\/a><\/blockquote>