Little Sand and Reflection, Half Tide, 2007, oil on cut out canvas mounted on wood, 21x 28.5"

 

Sam Cady: Rock, Air, Tree, Water/ Maine
April 6 - May1, 2007
Opening Reception Saturday, April 14th 3-5pm

 

 

Howard Yezerski Gallery is pleased to announce ROCK, AIR, TREE, WATER/MAINE an exhibition of recent paintings by Sam Cady. Cady has been painting shaped canvas paintings for over 30 years using impeccable precision and a trompe l'oeil technique to create his own unique style of realism. He crafts his canvases to mimic the outline of boats and structures under construction as well as rocks, horizon lines, and other subject matter from his everyday environment in a way that fools the eye and tackles formal issues of abstraction.

Trading the frantic hustle and bustle of New York City to return to his summer vacationing town in Maine, Cady's recent paintings reflect his current ability to slow down and fully observe his beautiful and natural surroundings. Using cut out canvases mounted on wood and his precisionist painting style Cady captures traditional subjects and objects from nature and paints them in unusual light from surprising vantage points. A narrow painting, 1 1⁄2" by 42", at first appears as just an abstract line on the wall, until slowly as if some sort of mirage you're able to make out the distinct shapes of islands as they float on the horizon line of a painted bay.

Sam Cady's shaped canvas paintings blur the boundary between painted illusion and the three dimensional world that we inhabit. Transforming physical forms in a reductive illusionist style Cady creates frozen moments in time. Inviting the viewer to contemplate not only the apparent subject matter, but transcend their material literalness to become lasting impressions.

 

 

For further information please contact Alexis Dunfee at Howard Yezerski Gallery 617.262.0550 Tuesday - Saturday 10-5:30pm