Statement

The human figure has always been the primary focus of my painting. I want my figures to provoke introspection.  While they are essentially a revelation of self, I hope they begin to portray, in some universal way, certain truth about what it can mean to be human, exposed, disconnected, and vulnerable.
My work is enigmatic, and I make no attempt to resolve this quality.  Interpretations, which are too literal, miss the mark.  I am uncomfortable when asked to ascribe meaning to a particular work. I believe that meaning and understanding are constructed, formed at the point where art and the viewer interact.  Both the artist and the viewer bring something to the experience, and their interaction creates meaning. It is not ordained by me.

By denuding the forms that compose my paintings, I accomplish many things, not always by design.  My self-portraits most noticeably characterize this.  They often share an intimacy that exceeds original intent.  I strive for visual tension by rendering the agony and angularity of anatomy seen groping, searching, and climbing.  Only rarely is my work conceived at the outset. You may infer that my approach is visceral and intuitive. I paint with a vocabulary tied to neither time nor place.  I'll often disturb uncompromising realism with the elements of high abstraction.  I freely impose figures, expressed in the softness of the Renaissance, upon backgrounds that are flat and modern.


Public Collections     

            University of Tampa
            Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
            Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, FL
            Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
            Foley and Lardner Collection
            Miami-Dade Community College
            First Florida Bank, Tampa, FL
            Holland & Knight, Tampa, FL
            Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
            University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
            Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
            City of Tampa, FL, Art in Public Places
            Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
            City of Orlando, FL, Art in Public Places
            Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Lorretto, PA
            Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
            The Raymond James Collection, Tampa, FL

Fellowships                

            Florida Arts Council Individual Fellowship, 1999-2000
            Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship '99
            Florida Arts Council Individual Fellowship, 1994-95
            Miami-Dade C.C., Individual Grant for Printing, Topaz Edition, 1993
            SAF/NEA Fellowship in Painting and Works on Paper, 1992
            Florida Arts Council Individual Fellowship, 1988-89

Exhibitions         

2008    Alan Avery Art Company, About face: Group Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2004    Trinity Gallery, Group Show, Atlanta, GA
2002    Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, One Person Show, Sarasota, FL
2001     "Lynn Davison & Chad Awalt", Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Wood Street Gallery, Three Person Show, Chicago, IL
            Boca Raton Museum, 50th All Florida Invitational, Boca Raton, FL
            Followship Traveling Show-Von Liebeg Center, Naples, FL, Lowe Museum, Miami, Fl, Vero                     Beach Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
2000     Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL, One Person Show

1999     Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
            "A Few Great, Big Pictures" Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, Fl
            Ballroom Studios, Atlanta, GA
1998     Florida Theater, Palm Beach, FL, one person show
            Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL
            City of Orlando, FL, Monoprints
            Ringling Museum, "Is Baroque Alive?"
1997     Manatee Comm. College, Bradenton, FL, two person show
            University of N. FL, Jacksonville, FL, two person show
            Dramatic Realism-The New Baroque, Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loretto, PA
            Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL
            Butler Institute Youngstown, Ohio
            Georgia Museum, Athens, GA
            Clayton Gallery, Two person show, Tampa, FL
1996     Allan Stone Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.
            Alternative Museum, National Competition, N.Y., N.Y.
            Small Works Invitational & Traveling, Valencia Comm. College, Orlando, FL
            Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
1995     Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL one person show
            "Figuratively Speaking, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.
1994     "Lynn Davison", University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, one person show
            "Realism & the Figure", Three person show, South FL Art Center, Miami, FL
            "Small Works", Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
1993     Dorothy McRae Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
            Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992     Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
            "Waking the Dream", Vero Beach Center for the Arts
            Contemporary Works by Florida Artists, Polk Museum, Lakeland, FL
            Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, FL
            Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
            Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
            "Combined Talents", Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
            Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL., one person show

Abridged Bibliography      

            New American Paintings, Vol.22, Spring 1999
            Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The New Baroque Review, Donald Miller, 10/4/97
            Tampa Tribune, "Davison-Martinez, Best Bets", J. Milani, 4/97
            Miami Herald, Boca Raton Museum Show Review, E. Turner, 6/97
            Georgia Review, Cover and Feature Pictorial, U. of Ga. Press, Spring 1992
            Georgia Review, Cover and Feature Pictorial, U. of Ga. Press, Winter 1987
            New American Paintings, Summer '95