Collage of black and white cut-out images, including a woman's face, a mountain, and some text, on a beige background with a black line drawing of a face outline. 
THE SHAPE I KEPT (2026)  |  Collage & Drawing on Manila  |  18x12 in. 

ARTIST WORKING IN COASTAL RUINISM

David Buetsche, known to his friends as Butch, is a contemporary mixed-media artist exploring American mythologies through material-driven landscapes where infrastructure, history, and erosion collide.

Abstract mixed-media artwork on a white wall, featuring textured surfaces, painted sections in white, black, and blue, rope and fabric elements, and a large oval stone.

Harbor Remains (2026). Mixed media, collage, wood, dock line & buoy on canvas. 36×48×6 in.

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.

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Works from the GHOSTLINES series were recently selected for Time Capsule, a curated exhibition presented by Create! Magazine and PxP Contemporary on Artsy.

Break Water | Mixed Media, collage, wood, fishing net & dock line on canvas | 30x48 in.

Last Dock | Mixed Media, collage, wood & dock line on canvas | 40x34 in.

Signal House | Mixed Media, collage & wood on canvas | 30×40 in.

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