Like the great masters of this tradition, Poussin, David, Ingres and Picasso, Davies is a skilful exponent of pictorial theatre. In fact, he describes his practice as of someone who writes the play, directs the actors, designs and makes the props and lights the stage, a highly unusual definition of painting but entirely appropriate as Davies is an unusual painter. He believes that mystery can be a potent force in a painted image, that the sense of painting should emerge slowly. He believes that paintings should have undercurrents as well as surface currents. He believes in ambiguity and in the tension generated by opposites.
More town than village 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Not forgetting the blue 1 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Not forgetting the blue 2 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Punctuation 2 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Sedimentary 3 51 x 51 cm oil on canvas
Route Causes 4 51 x 51 cm oil on canvas
Sedimentary 2 70 x 65 cm oil on canvas
Sedimentary 1 70 x 65 cm oil on canvas
Thicket 2 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Dominant Cultures 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Vestiges (Little Creatures) 112 x 108 cm oil on canvas
Beauty Spot 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
More Bridge Than Tunnel 40 x 40 cm oil on canvas
Untitled 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Table manners 110 x 120 cm oil on canvas
Prayer Piece 60 x 50 cm oil on canvas
Depending On Which Side 107 x 111 cm oil on canvas
Rig 120 x 106 cm oil on canvas
Dredger 90 x 95 cm oil on canvas
