Renowned for his gravity-defying stone sculptures, Davy presents works from his seminal Cantamar series—fluid, cantilevered assemblages composed of raw stones gathered from the Pacific Ocean. Each stone is selected through a ritual of attentive searching, becoming part of what art critic Shana Nys Dambrot describes as “a kind of wild collaboration between the artist and Nature, predicated on a mutual attention to chance and destiny.” Shaped by tides and time, the stones rise in graceful arcs that appear to float, evoking clouds suspended above the sea.

For more than forty years, Davy has worked with natural materials in precarious balancing acts informed by a distinctive Western Zen sensibility. Emerging from a post-1960s lineage attentive to Eastern philosophy and ecological awareness, his sculptures honor materials in their unaltered states while revealing what art historian Holly Myers considers “a meditative reverence.”

The series takes its name from Cantamar, a small coastal town in Mexico whose name translates as “song of the sea.” Rounded and smoothed by ocean tumbling, stones in hues of grey, pink, red, ivory, lava-black, and mica are assembled using hidden steel, subtly recalibrating perceptions of weight and balance. The sculptures carry a cyclical momentum, guiding the viewer’s eye in continuous motion as Davy allows the stones to lead, responding to their shapes and properties while quietly directing their final form.