Create! Magazine is pleased to share the work of Alyson Davies!
Alyson Davies is a visual artist who splits her time between Vancouver, BC (The traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations) and Edmonton, AB (Amiskwaciwâskahikan / ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Treaty 6 Territory). Davies was born into a rural, artistic family of talented craftspeople. The artist’s work has been shown across Canada and the United States. As part of the collective Tennis Club, she was featured in Canadian Art Magazine. Davies has been an artist in residence at Salem Art Works (Salem, NY), Elsewhere Studios (Paonia, CO), and McLuhan House (Edmonton, AB). In the summer of 2018 Davies canoed the Yukon River as a participant in the Canadian Wilderness Artist Residency.Davies holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta and is currently a candidate for a Masters of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She is also the creator of the Earth Child Tarot.
Artist Statement
The artwork explores human connection with nature through the use of thinly veiled autobiographical paintings which also consider personal histories and domesticity. Beyond painting the work also manifests ceramics, illustration, printmaking, and quilting. Small moments are memorialized into artworks which offer moments of contemplation and stillness.
Bold colors, flattened spaces, patterning and exaggerated proportions create worlds just removed from reality. The act of growing and tending gardens, directly influences the work where narrative moments are anchored by seasonality and other natural cycles.
View more work on the artist's Instagram account.
