Multimedia on panel by Wm. Kyle Davis

Artist Statement

A mediation of materiality and graphic landscapes, my work is a mood board of rotating interests and memories. I have always had a visceral relationship with objects and the built environment. I am always dwelling on and re-evaluating how something works, looks and feels. I collage imagery that creates new memories and visual outcomes. Even my framing elements are a decorative device that takes the “flat” painting and reveals it as more object-like.

The collage format allows multiple themes to emerge in my work. This is perhaps a more honest intersection between our moments and their adjacent objects. Although so many of the smaller graphics that make up the larger whole are familiar, I combine imagery and graphics from different times and places. I want everyone to see these compositions differently because of their interactions with those things throughout their lives, past and future.

Bio

I found my way to making art rather organically. Formative career stints include commercial interior design, cabinet design and architectural and landscape illustration. Teaching illustration and drafting for a decade helped to hone my skills. I have had an interest in graphic design for a long time, which comes through in many of my pieces. I try to imbue my work with some irony and humor … it’s a lot of fun.

For more information, visit wkd-art-studio.com or email kyle@wkd-art-studio.com.