Archive for March, 2009
Three landscape paintings from my upcoming show
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Still Spot | 2009 | Stephen Springer Davis
At least there were only mosquitoes that day and not black flies.
If you’ve been following my posts, then you might remember that I have a show opening on April 3, and running till the 25 at the Station Gallery. The gallery is celebrating its 30th year, and is showing its first two artists, me and Mitch Lyons. (more…)
Tags: Current work
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From the pencils of Ingres and Sargent to mine, and a snarky word or two about David Hockney
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
I’ve always felt that the zenith of fine art is the precise capture of the human figure by drawing and painting. Life drawing in particular is incredibly hard to do well, and to get any good at all can take years. Some people start out as geniuses but still they practice for years. For me figure drawing doesn’t get better than the work of Ingres and John Singer Sargent. (more…)
Tags: artists who matter, drawing
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Hello.
I'm Stephen Springer Davis
I'm a pretty much self-taught and pretty much unknown artist and designer living near Philadelphia. The plan is to tell you about my artwork, why I do it, maybe how I do it, and also about other artists who've inspired me along the way.
My definition of the term "painting" will remain intentionally broad so I can talk about anything that interests me.
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