In this joyfully coloured abstract painting, Mel Davis is playing with colour, form and space.

Still Life With Tapestry

More Works By Mel Davis Oil and Charcoal on Linen 2021
16 × 20 in 40.64 × 50.8 cm
$4,450 USD
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About Still Life With Tapestry

In this joyfully coloured abstract painting, Mel Davis is playing with colour, form and space. She is known for her masterful exploration of both abstract and realistic forms. Here the still life becomes contemporary given its vivid palette of red, blue, orange, yellow and white. Expressive black, gray and teal blue markings add to the fluidity of the gestural form.

“Interested in painting’s possibilities rather than its history, Mel Davis explores the fundamental properties of the medium through works that range from monochromatic canvases to all-over gestures featuring representational elements drawn from nature.” Madison Galleries, California

Mel Davis was born in Montreal and graduated from Concordia University with a BFA in 1998. A short study trip at the Slade School of Art in London was followed by a move to California where she acquired her MFA at the San Francisco Institute of Art. Her work has won numerous awards including the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, The Canada Council for the Arts and the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award. Davis’s work has been shown in both solo and group shows in Canada and the U.S.
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