Cherries With Tablecloth
More Works By Mel Davis Oil On Canvas 2021
11 × 14 in
27.94 × 35.56 cm
$2,900 USD
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Mel Davis’s contemporary artwork was influenced by the colourful and fluid work of French masters like Matisse, but her adventurous use of colour, form and pattern remains uniquely her own. In this vividly coloured painting, bright red cherries seem to dance across the patterned tablecloth rendered in turquoise with contrasting pops of green, deep blue, mustard and white. Gestural black markings add detail and dynamic flow.“The aesthetic of fragmentation is inherent in her painting process, adapting a multi-layered, harmonious composition, using singular elements in a medley of styles.” Barbara Davis Gallery, Texas
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.
