Angel Places: Alissa Davies
Acrylic on canvas by Alissa Davies
“My paintings emerge from an intuitive place, intermingling with my knowledge of color theory, composition, and painting techniques. Each piece is generated spontaneously, taking cues from my inner world and what I am drawn to in the moment.”
Carbondale Arts presented “Angel Places”, a solo exhibition by painter Alissa Davies, at the Carbondale Arts R2 Gallery. Alissa’s artworks were also available to view and purchase online at our website. “Angel Places” was on exhibition June 5-26, 2020.
“Angel Places” are locations that have sparked inside the artist’s heart and rippled with magic. Some of these sites evoked environments where she often visited in childhood; others are depictions of places she only happened upon once in her life but have had a profound effect. These paintings were abstracted landscapes, created with imagination and a body remembrance of the feelings experienced in the spaces. Alissa’s abstracted landscapes morphed into internal landscapes, celebrating nature and the beauty of art. Her hope was that these “angel places” of hers resonated and reminded viewers of wild spaces that they hold dear.
“Angel Places” was generously sponsored by Forum Phi, an award-winning Architecture & Interior Design Firm with offices in Carbondale and Aspen, Colorado. Forum Phi thoughtfully provides a collaborative architecture and interior design environment, with client-centric and sustainability-driven processes. The team specializes in design-led renovations and highly crafted new builds, with an expanding portfolio of work across the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.
This exhibition was open the same dates (June 5 - 26, 2020) as “Forever Until Tomorrow” by Matthew Eames.
Alissa Davies
Painter, Boulder, CO
Alissa is an abstract acrylic painter who works intuitively and is inspired by the natural world, her inner soul space, and from watching her two young children make art. Guided by her Waldorf education as a child, her life has always hummed with creativity and imagination. Alissa grew up in Maine and graduated from Smith College with a degree in Studio Art, focus in painting. She spent an informative junior year at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she stretched her creativity through 3-D, 4-D and art therapy classes. Alissa lived in Jackson, WY for 14 years before relocating in 2017 to Boulder, CO. Available work, upcoming events, and future painting workshops can be found at www.alissadavies.com.