Pat Davidson Blogs

Have you ever started a painting and ended up with something so different than you were intending to paint. I was doing some floral abstract using a half inflated balloon, pushing and twisting colors into a flower that looked like a pansy. After cr... 

Wow! That was an amazing thing to see! I didn't have any glasses so I made a pin hole viewer. Then I noticed the leaves on the trees were creating pin hole views by the thousands on my sidewalk! Much bigger than my cereal box viewer! On the appro... 

As an artist I feed on inspiration to create. Sometimes it's a nagging need that zaps around like static electricity seeking a place to connect and discharge. My daily routine and travels are always filled with taking in those visual cues that spar... 

I remember going on a trip to a sugar bush in Quebec when I was about eight years old. A sugar bush is a forest of sugar maple or black maple trees where the tree sap is harvested for maple syrup. It was in mid to late March and a late snow had the a... 

I don't know about you but when that knot tension starts to get hold of you while in a creative production of artwork it's better to stop what your doing and massage that knot and tension away before it gets so bad it's going to be days of painful di... 

I was stuck on a painting of an ocean wave scene! I thought I would paint a boat at sea, but in the process the waves and the storm clouds seemed to be an obstacle as I could not imagine a boat being out there....my painting with only the waves stay... 

If a beloved horse could send a message he or she might say this. See Thank You For Loving Me. 

Following the journey of a dear sweet friend who is undergoing chemotherapy, she stated that while watching the purple martin migration to Lunch Island she felt a symbolism in the flocks of birds flying on to the island similar to all the wonderful p... 

My proceeds from the sale of this artwork with benefit this retreat. Thank you for your support!  

The light and tone within cloud formations is an amazing study. I will often photograph interesting cloud formations. Sometimes one can almost see some kind of imagery or suggestion of something we recognize. I was not aware I had captured this im...