Since then, Cadmus consistently developed his own artistic vision. He created a small and coherent body of carefully wrought egg-tempera paintings and a large group of lyrical drawings of the nude male figure. His male nudes are fusions of Renaissance and what we might call modern domestic nudity.

Cadmus draws on toned paper. With graphite, he records the image before him in quick, short, parallel strokes. He is drawing shadows, technically — the areas on a back, or the creases on a neck or chin — that are not facing the source of light. The drawing is accurate, masterfully sensitive to the surface of the object drawn; and despite its being only a graph, moves toward a wholly convincing simulacrum of a shirt, a neck, a chin.

John Pence Gallery has long been an admirer of Cadmus, who has been instrumental in helping our gallery artists develop technique and style. Inquiries welcome.