Francine Davies

Inspired by the energetic feedback from natural environments I have felt compelled over time to find ways of expressing and sharing it through art. I am self taught and rely mostly on my background in Geography and Geology when I paint. I am fascinated with the movement of the sea, the feel of seawater and the positive benefits these environments hold for us. Furthermore, I am drawn to the textures and colours of the coastline and the impact of light and water on them. I spend considerable time in the sea and around our local coastline studying and experiencing my chosen subject. I strive to bring to my work a sensory element to help the viewer connect with a scene. Sometimes this is achieved through texture other times this is achieved through how I move the paint across the canvas.

I feel very much a novice at what I do yet quietly confident of my intentions when I am painting. I think it is this tension that adds a rawness to a scene that often surprises me. I get so much pleasure talking to people about how they feel about a painting and why they choose it. I love sitting and listening to them reminisce and interpret things that I could never have realised yet some how enabled through my work.