born 1976
Leigh Davis was born in 1976 in the town of Shrewsbury, but grew up in Broseley and Much Wenlock in Shropshire. He studied Silversmithing and Jewellery in Birmingham between 1995 and 1997, and then completed his Honours Degree in Wolverhampton in 1999 studying ceramics, woods, metals and plastics. Whilst studying ceramics he discovered his love of sculpture, producing aerodynamic forms in porcelain. After his degree he continued producing sculptures, and later focused on painting. Leigh has a particular fascination with the deconstruction and isolation of forms and focal points within the landscape. The results are a creation of abstract paintings that capture the atmosphere of the scenes. Many of his paintings are of the countryside around his home in rural Shropshire, the rolling hills surrounding Much Wenlock, the dramatic coastline of the Gower Peninsular and the rich and varied coastline of the Isles of Scilly which feature heavily in his work.
Solo Exhibitions
June 2013
Robert Fogell Gallery, Stamford
May 2014
Bircham Gallery, Stamford
September 2015
Rowntree Clark, 20/21 British Art Fair
Group Exhibitions
2004 - 2016
Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock
2012 - 2015
Bircham Gallery, Holt
2013 - 2016
Robert Fogell Gallery, Stamford
2014 - 2016
Rowntree Clark, London
signed
dated 2016 and titled verso
SOLD
Leigh Davis has a particular fascination with the deconstruction and isolation of forms and focal points within the landscape. The results are the creation of abstract paintings that capture the atmosphere of the scenes. Many of his paintings are based on the countryside around his home in rural Shropshire and the rolling hills surrounding Much Wenlock.
