Biography

Dennis Cady, Artist

For over 40 years, Dennis Cady has captured the beauty of the natural world through his paintings, prints, and sculptures. Based in New York City, the Hudson Valley, and California, Cady has always been committed to painting the natural environment, celebrating its vibrant and diverse colors with each piece of art.

A native of Oregon, he began his studies at Portland State University where he studied with Robert Colescott and Frederic Littman before moving to New York in 1976 where he received The Brooklyn Museum Art School Max Beckmann Fellowship. During his time there, he also studied at the State University of New York, Empire State College, and the Pratt Graphics Art Center.

As a painter, printmaker, and sculptor, Cady has always sought out ways to uniquely reflect nature in his art. He has traveled throughout the world from the United States to Canada, Europe, and Latin America, depicting beautiful landscapes in all of the places he’s visited. His work includes paintings on canvas, watercolors, prints, and sculpture.

Through his painting journeys, he has created works of art that combine close observation of form, atmosphere, and light with rich color, expressive brushwork, and a distinct sense of place.

During the winter months, he works indoors, creating woodcuts, linocuts, monoprints, and silkscreens that interpret and recreate his on-site paintings.

As part of his art career, Cady has designed and built studio-residences in the Hudson Valley and the White Mountains of Arizona. Although his initial focus was on painting and printmaking for the first half of his career, his love of materials and explorations of three-dimensional form and space have also drawn him to direct woodcarving.

For the past twelve years, he has discovered a love for creating natural wood sculptures, using materials he forages in forests. This medium reflects his desire to repurpose materials and care for the environment.

Over the past 40 years, Cady’s work has been shown in national and international exhibitions. His work has been displayed in the Museum of Modern Art, the US State Department, the NY Public Library Print Collection, and major corporate collections.