Mel Casas American, 1929-2014
Food for Thought, 1993
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 in
61 x 61 cm
61 x 61 cm
'Food for Thought' belongs to a series of smaller-scale paintings by Casas that depict intimate, familiar scenes. In this piece, Casas displays a dining room table laden with various ingredients....
"Food for Thought" belongs to a series of smaller-scale paintings by Casas that depict intimate, familiar scenes. In this piece, Casas displays a dining room table laden with various ingredients. Unlike his "Humanscapes series," these later paintings illustrate a time of experimentation in the artist’s life. Casas masterfully captures beauty in the banal through an eclectic, collage-like orientation.
Exhibitions
20 Years: Ruiz-Healy Art, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2026-7Mel Casas: Artist as Cultural Adjuster, San Antonio College Visual Arts Center, San Antonio, TX; curators: Thomas C. Willome and Eduardo Rodriguez, 2014
