ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“I intend my paintings to be more than just good art. I attempt to create a lasting image of the curiosity, intelligence, and uniqueness of these often-endangered animals. To me, that means realism without compromise and calls for total honesty in the art and complete commitment to each concept.”

PROFILE

Davis began her career in 1987 with pen and ink detailed renderings of wildlife. She was first published in “Tide Pools”, a California literary journal, that same year. Davis has studied with world-renowned wildlife artists Carl Brenders, Robert Bateman, Richard Sloan, Rod Fredericks, and Stephen Quiller. Davis has also studied with master artist Gamini Ratnavira and John Seery-Lester; famous for the atmosphere he creates in his wildlife paintings.

Davis participated in a three-week mobile tenting safari in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, where she observed daily and intimately the animals she paints, immersing herself in their environment. The experience there provided invaluable reference to complete a life size mural, a 96” x 144” of five life-sized zebra in their natural environment commissioned for a private art collection.

A naturalist, Davis has a deep appreciation of and lifelong personal experience with animals, which have led her into a successful career in nature and wildlife painting. In her intimate portraits, both domestic and wildlife, she captures the natural curiosity and intensity of each subject. Davis presents her artist’s worldview of wildlife in the hope that the general public, as nature’s custodians, will share her concern and passion for preserving them in the wild.

Davis has exhibited at the Safari Club, San Diego Wildlife Show, Festival of the Arts in La Jolla, Art Festival in the Village of La Jolla, San Diego Home & Garden Show, Old Towne Tempe Fall Festival in Tempe, AZ, the San Dimas Festival of the Arts Fall Wildlife Show, National Rottweiler Club, Cabrillo & Del Sur Kennel Club Shows, The California Open Wildlife Festival since 1998, California Open 2000 Featured Artist, Oceanside Museum of Art Regional, 1998, the Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show 1998 and the Pacific Rim Art Exposition 1998-2000, “Reflections of Nature” 1997-20002, San Bernardino Museum of Art Wildlife Show 200-2001, Art on the Lake 2001 & Southwestern Wildlife exposition 2002.

Davis’ affiliations include the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, Wildlife Artists Association, Board of Directors for the African Conservancy and the Oceanside Museum of Art Artists Alliance,

The paintings and the life-size murals by Sallie Lynn Davis are in private and public collections in Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States. Davis’ “Endangered Vantage Point, Northern Douc Langurs”, original pastel has recently been acquired for the permanent collection of the World Museum of Natural History, Palm Springs.