An abstract painting by David Buetschedepicting a landscape with mountains, trees, a body of water, and a cloudy sky, with silhouettes of people and machinery in the foreground.

CLIFF DIVE (2026). Mixed Media & Collage on Wood Panel. Part of the new series OUT OF RANGE

FOUNDER OF COASTAL RUINISM

David Buetsche, also known as Butch, explores landscapes shaped by erosion, failure, and time.
Signals fade. Structures hold, then collapse.

Each work exists between presence and disappearance
where place is remembered, but never fully resolved.

Abstract painting by David Buetsche of a snowy landscape with a burning building, mountains, and a small boat on the water, with added collage elements.

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Coastal Ruinism explores landscapes shaped by erosion, signal failure, and time.

Horizons break. Structures persist, then collapse.
What remains is partial—fragmented, unstable, and just beyond recognition.

Each work exists between presence and disappearance,
where place is remembered, but never fully resolved.

Based in the Midwest, Buetsche works across painting, collage, and embedded materials to construct surface-driven compositions rooted in coastal systems and their decay.

A painting by David Buetsche depicting a village fire with smoke and flames rising in the background, snow-covered houses, and trees, with collage elements including newspaper clippings and painted textures.
A painting by David Buetsche of a small village with houses burning and smoke rising, set in a mountainous landscape with a reflective body of water in the foreground.

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