Santa Maria 1928

David Young Cameron made this print, Santa Maria, using etching. Look how the ink creates these deep, dark spaces. You can almost feel the artist working to create the lines, a process of revealing light through shadow. There's a real weight to the architecture, it feels imposing. See how the dark ink pools in the upper reaches of the print? It's like a memory, both solid and fleeting. The contrast between the dark background and light foreground is really striking, like a stage set. I'm reminded of Piranesi and his architectural fantasies, or maybe even a bit of Rembrandt in the way the shadows are handled. It really suggests a similar idea of how art can be a conversation across time, each artist responding to what came before. It's not about finding one answer, but about embracing the questions.