19.7.11

Stories From the Other Side of the Bridge

"Egg"

On june 2009, Joshua Liner Gallery presented
" Stories From the Other Side of the Bridge ",
the suite of eighteen oil-on-canvas paintings by Mike Davis.

<< My paintings are often a reflection of my experiences in life. Additionally my interest in history makes its way into my work, even if it is on a minor scale. >>
Mike Davis

"The Eighth Road"
In "The Eighth Road", a boatload of peasant men sleepily contend with an assortment of symbolic challenges - a floating corpse, an enormous egg hatching a human hand, bird claw, and snake.

"In The Grand Scheme"

"The Other Side of the Bridge"
In "The Other Side of the Bridge", an egg hatches a leg and a cannon amid an oenophilic scene of wine casks, grape-bearing birdmen, ladybugs, and a burning zeppelin in the distance.

Mike Davis explaining his art on this video.

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