When I first began painting, my artist friends told me I needed to have a “body of work.” This meant that all my work needed to look similar enough so that it would be easily recognizable as a “Davina.”
Since I am often unsure of where a piece of art will take me, I found the idea of making things look enough alike to be a “body of work” difficult. As can be seen in the different pages on my Web site, my work is represented more by “body parts” than by one single body of work.
There are the cities, which seemed to come of their own accord for a while, and occasionally show up in newer works. There are works which evoke landscapes, pure abstracts, geometric work, and a series in black and white. In the coming years there will be more “body parts.”
The constant which runs through most of my work, is the layering of glazed color. Creating a sort of varnish by combining paint mixed with medium, I glaze layer on layer of color, mixing and blending, allowing colors to shine through from deep in the painting and up to the surface.
Colors evoke an emotional response, sometimes healing or bringing a sense of serenity or delight.
Lately I have been experimenting with mixed media. I find myself continually asking, "What if I did....? I am always working to refine my painting techniques and broaden my artistic reach. My technique, rather than any particular subject or style, is what defines my work.