Elemental | Jack Davis

April 9, 2022 - May 14, 2022

9th April – 14th May 2022.
Showing on location in The Crypt Gallery until 22nd April, showing in our St. Ives gallery from 23rd April.

We are thrilled to be hosting the upcoming solo exhibition Elemental, a collection of new paintings from maverick artist Jack Davis, which opens on the 9th April at the Crypt Gallery, St. Ives, and then transfers to our flagship Fore Street gallery on 23rd April 2022.

This exhibition has now ended. Please visit our artists’ pages here to browse new work from them, and view our current exhibitions here to enjoy more from the gallery.

Gallery founder and curator Alicia Livingstone said “This exhibition is an unparalleled opportunity to see the work of this astounding artist, who is fast emerging as the leading seascape painter in Cornwall. These new paintings represent a new level of technical excellence as well as breath-taking emotional power. Jack’s paintings capture the true spirit of the huge variety of landscapes that can be found in North Cornwall; its weather and moods, the shifting light that has made this region magnetic to artists for centuries.”

A tutor at the Newlyn School of Art and member of the St Ives Society of Artists, Jack is renown for creating vast, imposing skyscapes and landscapes which capture the grandeur of the Cornish landscape. Frequently painted en plein air, his canvases evoke the elemental forces of nature and the beauty of the region he has made his home.

Jack Davis said: “The exhibition Elemental looks at the changing skies in the area, investigating the cyclical relationship between the water and the sky. For the last year, my daily ritual has been to watch the sunset over the Penwith peninsula and to attempt to paint this honestly, without sentimentality or romanticisation. I never work from photographs: the work is done from direct observation and memory. I want the viewer to find ambiguity in the work, not just a figurative representation. Every time you look at it you can discover something new.”

There will be a Private View and press night to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, at The Crypt on Thursday 14th April, from 5pm – 7pm, with drinks, plus an opportunity to be the first to see the complete collection and speak to Jack in person. Please get in touch if you would be interested in attending, or in arranging an interview with Jack Davis.

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