Jen Casad, Eastern Gut, 2008, graphite on board, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Jen Casad
Drawings
January 5 – February 25, 2012
Known to many as the subject of Sharon Lockhart’s recent film Double Tide, Jen Casad is a master draftsman as well as a professional clammer. Casad’s first one-person New York exhibition will present 12 small-scaled and meticulously rendered views of coastal life, local workers and views of the landscape, both imagined and based on observation, done in graphite on rag board.
Writing on the recent work, the critic Linda Norden says “Casad’s individual drawings share an approach to portraiture that parallels Lockhart’s approach to her films: both artists learn about their subjects by watching them at work in a very particular, defining landscape.” Norden continues, “Casad is both exuberant and tenacious; her drawings are seductive and gratifyingly slow-burn.”
Casad (b. 1977) studied at the University of Maine and most recently exhibited her work at Colby College Museum of Art.
Jonathan Norwood, 2005, graphite on board, 6 x 4 inches
InquireKat Ferrin, 2005, graphite on board, 5 1/2 x 8 inches
InquireSeining, 2005, graphite on board, 3 x 5 5/16 inches
InquireThread of Life, 2005, graphite on board, 5 1/4 x 3 inches
InquireBucksport Ferry, 2006, graphite on board, 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches
InquireJunior Farrin, 2007, graphite on board, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
InquireEastern Gut, 2008, graphite on board, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
InquirePemaquid Point, Jen Casad, 2010, graphite on board, 7 9/16 x 11 1/2 inches
InquireIce Fishing, 2010, graphite on board, 7 7/8 x 12 inches
InquireThree Clams, 2010, graphite on board, 8 x 10 inches
InquireOsier's Wharf, 2011, graphite on board, 6 3/4 x 10 inches
InquireJonathan Norwood, 2005, graphite on board, 6 x 4 inches
Kat Ferrin, 2005, graphite on board, 5 1/2 x 8 inches
Seining, 2005, graphite on board, 3 x 5 5/16 inches
Thread of Life, 2005, graphite on board, 5 1/4 x 3 inches
Bucksport Ferry, 2006, graphite on board, 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches
Junior Farrin, 2007, graphite on board, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Eastern Gut, 2008, graphite on board, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Pemaquid Point, Jen Casad, 2010, graphite on board, 7 9/16 x 11 1/2 inches
Ice Fishing, 2010, graphite on board, 7 7/8 x 12 inches
Three Clams, 2010, graphite on board, 8 x 10 inches
Osier's Wharf, 2011, graphite on board, 6 3/4 x 10 inches