VISUAL FEAST
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Todd Casey:
The Entomologist
A
fter finding a cicada in his
yard, still life artist Todd
Casey knew exactly what he
wanted to paint, and over the
course of several years devel-
oped The Entomologist. “The
concept was to build a character,
perhaps a lover of bugs (an ento-
mologist),” he says. “Many of the
objects suggest a narrative—the
letters, the bug case and also
the pen—as if the character was
working at this table, perhaps
writing about the cicada.”
The painting, which reminds
the artist of his curiosities of
childhood, is included in his
forthcoming book, The Art of
Still Life, which will be published
in the spring by Monacelli Press.