Clouds from the Sea by Woods Davy | Exhibition

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• Sat, Jan 24, 2026 - Sat, Feb 28, 2026  

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Woods Davy | Clouds from the Sea 

🗓️ January 24 - February 28, 2026
📍 Scott Richards Contemporary Art | 501 Pacific Avenue

Scott Richards Contemporary Art is excited to introduce the premier San Francisco exhibition of sculptures by Woods Davy, whose work transforms raw, unaltered stones into weightless compositions that challenge traditional notions of balance and form. Based in Southern California, Davy is known for assembling natural materials into structures that appear both improbable and precise, and his practice—grounded in Zen aesthetics and informed by an environmental sensibility—encourages a deeper engagement with the natural world while inviting viewers to reconsider the relationship between weight, space, and perception.

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.

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Woods Davy, Cantamar stone sculptures
Woods Davy, Cantamar 8/10/24, 2024 Stone on granite pad 34 x 39 x 20 inches
Woods Davy, Scott Richards Contemporary Art