Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Woods Davy — Cantamar, 8/25/25
Woods Davy

Cantamar, 8/25/25

2025

Cantamar, 8/25/25 balances raw geological matter against the refined logic of its own composition, presenting a cluster of stones arranged atop a granite pad with a quiet authority that rewards sustained looking. Davy selects and positions each element with an intuitive precision, allowing the natural weight, texture, and color variation of the stones to generate visual tension without any intervention beyond placement. The work occupies its 71.1 by 71.1 by 48.3 centimeter footprint as a kind of compressed landscape, invoking the broad, windswept coastal geography of Southern California where Davy has long worked and gathered material. The series notation embedded in the title, 8/25/25, reflects the artist's longstanding practice of marking individual works within ongoing sequences, a method that positions each piece as part of a larger, ever-evolving inquiry into form and natural order. Davy, who studied under notable figures in postwar American sculpture and has exhibited widely over several decades, treats stone not as passive material but as an active participant in dialogue with gravity, light, and horizontal surface. The granite pad grounds the composition with a sober geometry that throws the organic irregularity of the stones above it into sharp relief. For collectors drawn to work at the intersection of land art sensibility and object-based sculpture, this piece offers considerable presence without ostentation. Signed by the artist, Cantamar, 8/25/25 is currently available through Scott Richards Contemporary Art and represents a strong example of Davy's mature practice, one that continues to find the monumental within the modest.

Medium
Stone on granite pad
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

Collectors with works by Woods Davy

About this work

Woods Davy, Cantamar, 8/25/25, 2025

Cantamar, 8/25/25 balances raw geological matter against the refined logic of its own composition, presenting a cluster of stones arranged atop a granite pad with a quiet authority that rewards sustained looking. Davy selects and positions each element with an intuitive precision, allowing the natural weight, texture, and color variation of the stones to generate visual tension without any intervention beyond placement. The work occupies its 71.1 by 71.1 by 48.3 centimeter footprint as a kind of compressed landscape, invoking the broad, windswept coastal geography of Southern California where Davy has long worked and gathered material. The series notation embedded in the title, 8/25/25, reflects the artist's longstanding practice of marking individual works within ongoing sequences, a method that positions each piece as part of a larger, ever-evolving inquiry into form and natural order. Davy, who studied under notable figures in postwar American sculpture and has exhibited widely over several decades, treats stone not as passive material but as an active participant in dialogue with gravity, light, and horizontal surface. The granite pad grounds the composition with a sober geometry that throws the organic irregularity of the stones above it into sharp relief. For collectors drawn to work at the intersection of land art sensibility and object-based sculpture, this piece offers considerable presence without ostentation. Signed by the artist, Cantamar, 8/25/25 is currently available through Scott Richards Contemporary Art and represents a strong example of Davy's mature practice, one that continues to find the monumental within the modest.

Medium
Stone on granite pad
Dimensions
overall: 71.1 x 71.1 x 48.3 cm
Year
2025
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

More works by Woods Davy

Collected by

Jonathan Murray