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Archive: 2009—2020

This page presents selected artworks from David Cass’ largest series, featuring seascapes painted mostly in watercolour onto found wooden supports, but also in mixed media onto vintage card and canvas. Land, coast and cityscapes can also be seen, alongside unpainted constructions. Almost every artwork Cass has produced since his final year at Edinburgh College of Art is united by the depiction of water. Created using exclusively recycled materials – found at flea-markets and antique fairs – each piece contributes to a greater whole, the date of completion often listed as part of the artwork title. These works have been exhibited internationally and now feature in both private and public collections. Learn more in the presentation Journey of an Artwork.

 
 

September 2020
Cottage door · Norfolk
Gouache · 69 x 172cm

 
Cass makes art in the first place by collecting, as we all do, in one way or another, and then by turning a practical object into an occasion for meditation, something we all need, to some degree or another.
— Patricia Emison
 
 

June 2020
Drawer · Brussels
Gouache · 21 x 19 x 7.5cm

February 2013
Bus destination blind · Brussels
Chalk · 120 x 90cm

July 2020
Coffee grinder drawer · London
Gouache · 11 x 9cm

January 2020
Haberdashery drawer · London
Oil · 9.5 x 6 x 3cm

July 2020
Artist’s box · Brighton
Gouache · 13.5 x 22cm

June 2013
Bottle / label · Brighton
Gouache · 4cm tall

July 2020
Matchbox · Edinburgh
Gouache · 3.5 x 8–9cm approx.
Several available

March—May 2013
Farmhouse table · Edinburgh
Gouache · 123 x 260 x 12cm

May 2020
Matchbox · London
Gouache · 5 x 7.5cm (closed)

August 2020
Joining bracket / shutter rail · Prestonpans
Gouache · 15 x 30cm

May 2020
Bottle / label · Brighton
Gouache · 3.7cm tall

December 2017
Tradesman’s board · Bonheiden
Oil · 26 x 40cm

April 2020
Plates box · London
Gouache · 9 x 9 x 2cm

Der Gehele Aarde III or January 2015
Papers + drawing board · Brussels
Gouache · 81 x 59cm

March 2020
Matchboxes · Edinburgh
Gouache · 3.5 x 8–9cm approx.
Several available

December 2019
Coffee grinder drawer · Villefranche-sur-Mer
Oil · 11 x 9.5 x 4cm

April 2013
Bus blinds + steel frame · Brussels
Gouache · 88 x 60 x 10cm

Der Gehele Aarde I or December 2011
Papers · Brussels
Gouache · 120 x 120cm

April 2020
Cosmetics container · Paris
Gouache · 3.5cm dia.

December 2012
Cardboard · Unknown
Oil · 14 x 22cm

November 2020
Quill box · London
Gouache · 5 x 3.5 x 1.5cm

September 2018
Mounted studio portrait · Paris
Watercolour · 10 x 5cm

 
 
David Cass has an innate understanding of matière; a sensitivity to material, it’s texture, tone, pigment, weight and beyond this its context, history and emotional resonance. He works with found objects and by an act of appropriation and minimal intervention he creates works of art with quiet authority...
— Guy Peploe
 
 
 

So Many Endings (2012–2013)
Objects + offcuts · Various locations
Gouache · 36 x 39 x 10cm

Mor Breizh (2017)
Envelope · Paris
Gouache · 12 x 9cm

So Many Endings (2010)
Objects + offcuts · Edinburgh
105 x 95cm

Le Grand Galibier (2013)
Trunk lid · Edinburgh
Gouache · 113 x 76cm

October 2010
Offcut · Florence
Gouache · 8 x 9cm

Study for Le Grand Galibier (2013)
Box base · Paris
Gouache · 22 x 22cm

Erosion (2012)
Hotel key hanger · Brussels
Gouache · 56 x 66cm

May 2014
Brocante sign · Paris
Gouache · 22 x 28cm

Ventimiglia (2010–2011)
Matchboxes · Nice
Gouache · 4 x 5cm approx.

October 2011
Dismantled drawer · Paris
Gouache · 40 x 40cm approx.

March 2013
Lock · Edinburgh
Gouache · 4cm across

Lockdown Mountain (2020)
Postcard · Chamonix
Gouache · 13.7 x 9cm

January 2013
Matchbox · Paris
Gouache · 10 x 20cm approx.

Lauder Moor (2013)
Drawers · London
Gouache · 20.5 x 36.5cm

Time Pulls, Time Pools (2012)
Military box lid · Paris
Gouache · 32.5 x 27cm

Aegina (2018)
Postcard · Dubrovnik
Watercolour · 15 x 10cm

Five Lands, Five Lakes VII (2012)
Coffee grinder drawer · Noirmoutier-en-l'Île
Gouache · 15 x 10cm

Cap (2013)
Box · Brussels
10 x 15cm

April 2013
Nib box · London
Gouache · 9 x 19cm

July 2018
Box lid · Brussels
Gouache · 42 x 27cm

The Pool (2013)
Bus blind + tray · Brussels
Gouache · 40 x 34.5cm

Lauder Moor (2013)
Trunk · Edinburgh
Gouache · 52 x 126cm

October 2017
Hardboard + card · Villefranche-sur-Mer
Gouache · 17 x 13cm

January—February 2013
Door · L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Gouache · 83 x 172cm

James Scott Elliot’s Slate (2011)
The artist’s grandfather’s school slate · Clovenfords
Etched · 26 x 19cm

So Many Endings (2011–2013)
Objects + offcuts · Various locations
Gouache · 66 x 76 x 14cm

August 2018
Hotel key hanger · Brussels
Gouache · 34 x 94cm

Der Gehele Aarde II or April 2013
Le Soir (newspaper) 10/12/1945 · Brussels
Gouache · 110 x 110cm

San Frediano (2012)
Postage box · Lucca
Gouache · 12.2 x 6.6 x 4.6cm

So Many Endings (2014)
Objects + offcuts · Various locations
29 x 19 x 11cm

Georgian Bay (2020)
Drawer · Edinburgh
Gouache · 33 x 19 x 6cm

December 2009
Framed mirror · Prestonpans
Gouache · 45 x 50cm

191 Years (2011)
Letter · Paris
Gouache · 34 x 20cm

June 2014
Index card file · Brussels
Gouache · 40 x 35cm

Study for Le Grand Galibier (2013)
Postcard · Paris
Gouache · 9 x 13.7cm

March 2017
Artist’s box · Brussels
Gouache · 33 x 23cm

April–May 2012
Chest lid · Edinburgh
Gouache · 59 x 166cm

Paris (2013)
Cheese box · Paris
Gouache · 7 x 10 x 3cm

Five Lands, Five Lakes VI (2012)
Coffee grinder drawer · L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Gouache · 13 x 9cm

October 2014
Cupboard door · Brussels
Gouache · 53 x 38cm

March 2017
Zinc plate · Edinburgh
Gouache · 18 x 30cm

December 2019
Stepladder top · Edinburgh
Mixed media · 30 x 32cm

January 2011
Box lid· Brussels
Gouache · 22 x 35cm