A playful word on “Hurricane,” yet most works arose in light breezes. Born on the North Sea coasts in stormy late‑70s/early‑80s days, Harry Cane turned weather into a studio—letting wind and rain compose color gradients and joyful motion.
Interactive Mobile: sway with breeze; drag to gust. Reduced‑motion friendly.
Late 1970s / early 1980s, North Sea: wind & rain as collaborators. The name “Harry Cane” stuck after a storm‑battered, tongue‑in‑cheek phone greeting.
Despite the tempestuous name, most works were created in light, carefully observed breezes—making the moniker “somewhat exaggerated” in hindsight.
Part of the Kingdom’s Wind‑made Art—the “gentle impact” counterpart to Thor Nado’s turbine‑grade actions.
“The wilder the environment, the stronger the art.” In severe weather he’d paint like a berserker—sometimes applying up to 50 kg of paint and materials by hand directly to large canvases.
From branch rigs grew wind chimes and Mobiles: abstract sculptures that move with air currents. “A piece of poetry that dances with joy of life and surprises.”
Harry Cane brought the Mobile form to a personal perfection—fine‑tuned pivots, massing and airflow response for lyrical motion.
A clear, modernist foundation echoing Mondrian/Miró/Léger.
Expanded chroma vocabulary as the practice matured.
Luminous golds became a signature highlight in later work.
Projects initiated under Harry Cane were largely merged into Cosmic Flowing Blowing and Wind made Art by Cosmo du Mont, uniting gentle breeze and high‑impact strands.
Origin in stormy weather; the humorous name takes hold.
Branch drips & outdoor canvases; mobile sculptures perfected.
Merged into Cosmo du Mont’s umbrella wind‑art series.
Invite the breeze to compose—indoors or out.