Cazin in the Quarry Part of Art and Ecology Using Cazin’s painting The Quarry of Monsieur Pascal near Nanterre , students will hypothesize about the workings, setting, and size of this French quarry. Then, applying his working method of “memory painting,” they will draw or paint a setting from memory after close observation without taking notes or preparatory sketches. Jean-Charles Cazin, The Quarry of Monsieur Pascal near Nanterre , c. 1875, oil on canvas, Gift of Ian and Annette Cumming, 2021.