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Artist Statement:
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
In this recent body of work I
have chosen to explore the
natural environment that seems
to dwell in our periphery. I
have also begun to experiment
using different materials
while looking at the rural
areas that abound in North
America.
The Hay Bale Series
In this series of paintings I
used bold and vibrant colours
on routered and gouged plywood
with attached fence posts and
cattle wire. I am attempting
to bring attention to the
bales because of their
seemingly awkward placement in
the flat fields off of our
county roads. We tend to
drive through, around, or by
the beauty that lays out of
our car window every day with
very little time for thought.
The hay bale seems strange
because it comes directly from
the environment but has been
manipulated to appear near
alien to it. Patterson Ewen’s
gouged paintings of subjects
such as the moon or the sun
had a great influence on this
series of paintings.
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Lee Davies Biography:
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Age
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33
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| Gender |
Male
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| Children |
0
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| Education |
Post Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
art, fishing |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Fauvism - (1898 - 1908)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Too many to list. Picasso, vanGogh...
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| Favorite Work of Art |
same as above
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Inspiration occurs to me everyday. I try to stay lucid and receptive to as much around me as possible without getting overwhelmed.
The first time that I saw a vanGogh painting in a gallery it really shook me. The colours and the thick application of paint was very powerful.
I am still inspired by new artists. There are so many fantastically creative people in our midst. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Being an artist is not easy. If I had had a choice in the matter I would have selected something else. I have always been interested in the visual arts. Recently I went back and read some of my mother's albums of me growing up. I had found that even in kindergarten I had written that I wanted to be an artist. It is just something that has been there, and only when I grew up did I try to make it my living and not only my reason for living. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Lee Davies
Born in Watford, England in 1974
Parents emmigrated to Canada same year.
Attented elementary school, high school in London, Ontario, Canada.
Studied Visual arts at the University of Western Ontario (BA,2000).
Studied Abstract Sculpture at the Ontario College of Art and Design (2001).
Graduated with Bachelor of Education from D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York (2005).
Graduated with Masters of Science from D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York (2007).
Presently lives outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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