Featured Artist February 2012

Davina Owen

Davina Owen began painting at an early age, enthused by the animals in the surrounding Gloucestershire countryside.

Davina studied in Florence, where she studied with Signorina Semi and the English portrait painter Geoffrey Rawlins. On her return to England she began painting portraits of animals and children, largely commissioned.

From lavender pekin bantams to race horses, dogs and polo ponies, animals have formed a major part of her work, currently including commissions from a polo pony team and studies of animals observed during her five years (1996 - 2001) in Scotland.

Influenced by the late Lisa Sandys Lumsdaine, Davina Owen closely observed horses and was advised by Aylmer Tryon to study for six years and dissect animals in an abattoir ... Stubbs' book of Anatomy proved to be sufficient reference!

Davina Owen's paintings have been commissioned by clients worldwide and her works hang in the USA, Brazil, Argentina, New Zealand and Europe.

Photography has always been my passion in life; my aim has always been to create photos and artworks that stand out and are memorable. I believe that the simplest objects and original ideas can be the most visually effective.

I have built up a body of work in my career and have become well established in the photography world. I have worked with high profile musicians, MPs and fashion designers, as well as well known companies such as, 'Broughtons Aston Martin and Bentley', 'Jack Russell Clothing', 'Oxford University Press', among others.

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