My latest submission for the ‘Exposicio International’s D’Art Textil’ festival in Spain 2012. Art al Vent XV111 will ‘hopefully’ be going ahead in Gata de Gorgos in September this year with original pieces by over forty artists from all over the the world to be hung from balconies throughout the town. I sent the piece…
This piece from 2018 celebrates the rich colours of India, seen in its spices and textiles. In a handmade frame ( 15 x 10 x 4 cm ) and completed with a multiple of surfaces, collaged on a deep edge canvas. It takes on a new meaning given the devastation that the current pandemic has…
This work on handmade paper is one of a selection I am putting on for sale on Singulart. It is Acrylic on Indian Handmade,200Ib, acid free, 100% rag, paper. 56 x 76 cm. You can find the piece on: https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/f-g-davis-nighttime-1132463 More to add of course but I hope you enjoy this snack preview. G
The work on this series all took coffee sacks as a start for the collage of various fabrics on canvas. Leaving parts of the stencilled lettering seemed for me to increase their legitimacy as works of art. It spoke of the roots of their identity, both historic and cultural, a visual message incorporated in the…
Seven Seas. A set of 7 small works, acrylic on canvas collage. ( Image size: 7 x 7 cm Framed 18 x 18 cm ), January 2021. Private Collection, London.
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the followers of my Blog. This is normally the time for resolutions and this little piece was painted on the first of January 2010, hence the title. Sometimes small actions can make a big difference. Thinking about resolutions they are normally about what we are going to give…
Having last posted a mixed media piece from 2020, I thought it interesting to compare this to a painting from ten years ago. My use of layers of impasto paint over collaged elements hasn’t changed much at all, and the common thread of a concept or story is yet another constant in the majority of…
A heads up to Banksy completed in 2019, part of the coffee sack series of works. ‘ Given the current global turmoil it seems that Flower Power was not such a crazy idea after all.‘ Mixed Media on Canvas 80 x 80 x 4 cm. Framed and ready to hang. One of my latest pieces…
SHARDS OF LIGHT. Acrylic on Canvas. 81 x 110 x 2 cm. 2020. Now available to purchase on https://www.Singulart.com
This piece is one of four which will be included in the Art Gallery South West online winter show. 2020. Normally a title for a piece generally arrives during the process of making the work as does the meaning. For me this piece evokes a wave and the scrim included suggests a fishermans net. This…
