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Chasworld
Chasworld is
a gallery, a working online studio, and a journal of my life as an artist. A shout out to my friends in France, Germany, China,
Canada, Ukraine, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates-thanks for visiting. Keep in mind that I give huge discounts for on site
work in Europe, South America, and China-well, let's say anywhere in the world really. I love to travel.
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| Click on the Facebook Logo to go to the Chas Davis Studio Page |
Magnum Opus Coming soon . . . .Magnum opus (plural: magna opera, also opus
magnum / opera magna), from the Latin meaning "great work", refers to the largest, and perhaps the best, greatest, most popular, or most renowned
achievement of a writer, artist, or composer. I am at the stage in my life when it is time to pull together the biggest and best ideas of the
past 50 years to create something that is really, really big and fun. Stay tuned for the next installment. As always,
if you have any big ideas, feel free to let me know.
January 2, 2012 Getting ready for the
"As yet Unnamed Event", held on a wintery Rochester Friday, January 13. The show is 15 paintings that I have
been working on over the winter, all in various stages of completion. Participants were invited to contribute to
the completion of the paintings by way of offering titles, comments, questions, and suggestions. Some of the results were
posted on the "Chas Davis Studio Page" on Facebook.
For example, the above painting had title suggestions like "Through the Wormhole", "Detonation
of a Flower", "Administrator of Good Vibes", "Bad Month", "Turmoil in Flight", "Hockey
Player . . . Exploded". What do you think? I already know what I think and see, I want to know what you think and see
as well. To add your suggestions, click on the Facebook logo above to go to the Chas Davis Studio Page
Here I am at work at the home studio, Galvin Davis Studio, in Rochester, New York. The
studio this past year was too full of stuff, but with some focus and help from a lot of friends, it's really workable
right now. With the primary season starting to heat up things seem way too polarized sometimes. Maybe these things
have moved me toward working in Black and White. But I love working in Black and White, finding the color in no color,
the breath in no breath. The title of the painting shown above is Bone, size
60 in. x 49 in.
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| Follow the progress of the mural at Artisan Works with this photo sequence on the Process page. |
New on the Process page-the mural at Artisan Works,
565 Blossom Road, Rochester, New York. Click on the pictures above for the link, and the story.
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| Tom Galvin and I opened Galvin/Davis Studio in 2001 in the parking garage of the Valley Building |
Galvin/ Davis Studio The next Studio Open House is on Friday, May 4, 2012. Galvin Davis Studio is a First Friday venue, a Rochester event in which participating galleries and studios
open their doors on the first Friday of each month. Galvin Davis Studio is generally open every First Friday from 6pm to 9
pm. To learn more go to www.firstfridayrochester.org .
Looking for directions to the studio? Click here for a map!
Portfolio The
concept of the Porfolio page is changing in order to document more of the process of my art life. Studio objects will be catalogued
and placed in the context of studio history.
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| "Gethsemane", 10 feet wide by 8 feet high |
The
set of the three original paintings above-all acrylic on paper, 20" x 28"-are available for $750 each.
Prints on canvas are available in a limited edition of 50 for $180, which includes shipping in the continental US. Order by
contacting the artist on the Contact/Links page.
Process 3.21.10 An ongoing exploration of synaesthetic experience and OK Go Music and Videos
From Beginning to End, on the Process page beginning 3.21.10,
is the last painting of the Casablanca Trilogy. The first painting was Casablanca (above left),
from 1996, followed by From the Cradle to the Grave(above center), in 2007. The progress of the
final painting(just begun Mar. 23, above right) can be seen through April. To go to Process, click
on the image above.
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