Artist statement:

“I began drawing at the age of three. I recall that I always was interested in the particular image I drew. After studying art in college I found I worked well with watercolor. After years of practice; I must of done around 300 paintings, my work started to evolve into a specific style. One teacher I had early on who worked in watercolor showed me examples of other artist’s (Hopper, Turner, Wyeth) who used the space around their images to create a duality between the negative and positive space. Recently, I began using  the space around the image as part of my design. This idea dawned on me about when I did an illustration for Parabola magazine that featured articles on “Prison” life. Then I did an illustration for Resurgence Magazine about the emergence of combining science with religion. I feel my style really took off with this illustration. Later, I had some ideas for using shapes along with the design in the piece. This is where the dragon series began. I guess that’s where I am today. I really put a lot into my art. I feel it has to be worth it for me to look at the piece after and enjoy what I see. This makes the creative process worth while, though it took me 300 paintings to get here.

Tim Davis

September 20, 2009

San Francisco illustrator Tim Davis has been a watercolor artist since 1995, and a commercial illustrator since 1996. Educated in the arts at three different schools, starting in Texas, and then in San Francisco – first at SF State, and finally the California College of Arts and Crafts – his illustrations have appeared in Tikkun magazine and Parabola magazine. Now, selected paintings from Davis are on display at the Artist Xchange in San Francisco as part of the gallery’s “New Works” exhibit, along with a host of other exhibiting artists.

A community-based gallery dedicated to promoting local artists, The Artist-Xchange both displays artwork in its Mission-district gallery space and operates as a sales representative for its featured artists, with promotional events, charity sponsorship, and an online virtual gallery where you can browse through its catalog of artists and even purchase artwork online.

“New Works” is open through October 4, 2009, at the Artist-Xchange Gallery, 3169 16th Street, San Francisco CA, 94103. Gallery hours are Monday through Sunday, 1pm – 7pm.

Tim Davis may be reached at: d_tim@sbcglobal.net and his website is www.illustrationsbydavis.com