Sheila Davis | Featured Artist

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Sheila Davis, “Twitterpated,” no date

oil on panel, 48 x 48 inches (courtesy of the Gallery)

Sheila’s interest is the landscape, emphasizing the energy of the space as a whole. “I paint it as I feel it – not as a physical likeness, but as an entire presence, involving the space of emotion, spirituality, temperature and the senses.” Using traditional oils, she works quickly and vigorously, laying in several layers of transparent colour and value using large dynamic brushstrokes combined with splatter and drip.  “These layers are each reworked with opaque brushwork and  calligraphy as I attempt to portray what first excited me about the subject, the flash causing the rush of adrenalin and the urge to ‘get it down’ before the feeling dissipates.” - Sheila Davis