CERI AUCKLAND DAVIESCeri Auckland Davies is one of Wales' few exponents of egg tempera painting and a member of "The Society of Egg Tempera Painters" There is a luminescence to his paintings that isn't acheivable with oils and watercolours. He captures the moods of his landscapes and seascapes in small bold sketches on the spot, later to be developed into large charcoals and paintings in his studio.Ceris work fuses realistic elements with an abstract composition.To a certain extent the actual locations represented in the paintings are incidental to the atmosphere they portray. They are without doubt a vehicle to express the artists inner landscape. He uses the land and sea as a metaphor for what he is feeling, and that tension is reflected in his paintings. His seas are sometimes serene, sometimes threatening. the dark caves and caverns hide a world of shadows and hidden depths. |
