Archive for May, 2009
Taking a break from oils for the moment
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
I’ve been thinking for several weeks now about changing direction temporarily with my paintings. I did this nice painting about a month ago:
Lakeside | 2009 | Stephen Springer Davis
I’ve been frustrated for some that I so often have to do paintings from photographs. The last several times I’ve been to Maine I’ve had disappointing (read as rainy) weather. My brother Criswell generously flew me to northern Utah about a year ago, and to the amazement of me and local residents it was really cold with nasty rain, pretty much everyday. I have pictures that I took on our trip, but the scenes are guess what? Rainy. (more…)
Tags: drawings, Watercolors
Posted in Current work, Watercolors | 1 Comment »
Is this Art or not?
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
In 1980 I had a one-man show at the Greenville County Museum of Art in South Carolina. Despite its hinterlands location, the museum has a very good collection, and I was honored to be showing there. At the opening of my show I was asked by the curator if I would consider a commission to do the artwork for the poster of a show coming up at the museum called Animals in the Arts.
Tags: art museum, poster
Posted in About my artwork, Musings on my earlier work | 3 Comments »
-
-
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.
-
-
You are currently browsing the The Landscape of Painting blog archives for May, 2009.