The Workshop 1905

David Young Cameron made this print, “The Workshop”, using etching. Just look at all the stuff Cameron’s crammed in here! I feel like he’s saying something about how art is made, or maybe just what it feels like to be an artist, surrounded by tools and materials, and also half-finished projects. I wonder, was he thinking about the old masters, and their workshops? Or about all the other artists who were also making stuff at the time? Maybe this print is like a conversation with all of them? Or maybe it's a self-portrait? I can feel his presence, his energy in the lines, the textures. You can almost see him wiping the plate, inking it, pressing it. I feel like I’m there with him, making something out of nothing. You know? It’s so cool to see how artists keep talking to each other across time.