Personalities
Helen K Davie
2015 Featured Artist
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Los Angeles, California. Lived in Burbank, Cupertino, Saratoga, Campbell and Sebastopol, CA, as well as in Westport and Easton, CT. Currently resides in Templeton with her husband Frank and four black cats.
Over the past 20+ years, illustrated 13 books for children; several of them have received awards. The Star Maiden, by Barbara J. Esbensen was selected as Minnesota’s Children’s Book of the Year in 1988.
Member of the Santa Barbara Printmakers and the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art as a member of TPG, and Central Coast Printmakers Groups. Served as co-president for the Central Coast Printmakers in 2008. Also a member of the Central Coast Watercolor Society.
In April 2010, joined Studios on the Park in Paso Robles as a Printmaker.
EDUCATION
Cupertino High School; De Anza Community College; California State University Long Beach, BA Illustration
EXHIBITS AND HONORS
“Eat Your Heart Out”, Studios on the Park, Juried Show, Edith Hayes Spencer Memorial Award, 2015
“Traditional Printmaking: Pushing the Limits”, Juried print show, SLOMA, 2014
“Let it Snow! Children’s Book Art, Bruce Museum, Greenwich CT, 2012
ZooZigns, solo show, Studios on the Park, Paso Robles, 2011
Colors of Water, Studios on the Park, Juried show, 2011
From Field to Plate, SLO Botanical Gardens, 2011
From Field to Plate, Frameworks, Juried print show, 2011
My Sweet Prints, SLOMA, 2010
Narrative Animal Imagery, SLOMA, Jurists’ Award, 2010
Legends, SLO Art Center, Juried print show 2010
Free for All, Central Coast Printmakers, SLO Art Center, 2009
Library Benefit Group Show, Red Tree Gallery, Atascadero 2009
Off Center, Arts Obispo, San Luis Obispo, Juried print show 2008
California Dreamin’, SLO Art Center Invitational 2008
Santa Barbara Printmakers, Juried Group Show 2008
Just Desserts, Art is for Everyone Gallery, Los Osos 2008
Caution-Art Zone, SLO Art Center, curated exhibit, 2007
Tabula Rasa, Central Coast Printmakers show, 2006 Leslie Sutcliffe Award
Pulp: Works on Paper, SLO Art Center 2005
Likeness: A Look at Portraiture, SLO Art Center 2005
Landforms, SLO Art Center 2005
Brushstrokes, OPAG Juried Exhibit, SLO Art Center, 2004 1st Place - Pastel
BOOKS ILLUSTRATED:
Little, Brown: The Star Maiden, Ladder to the Sky, The Great Buffalo Race.Orchard Books: He Wakes Me, The Night Rainbow.
HarperCollins: What Lives in a Shell, Echoes for the Eye, Animals in Winter, Ducks Don’t Get Wet, Penguin Chick, Dolphin Talk
OTHER:
“El Paso de Robles” chosen for Paso Artsfest promotions
Bay Laurel Nursery catalog covers
Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington DE: Portraits of animals for signage
Portraits Workshop for Children and Teens Atascadero Library 2009
CCPrintmakers Recipe Books, Appetizers, and Desserts
OTHER INTERESTS:
Gardening, travel, library volunteer, writing for children, also haiku and rengay.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Every new medium I explore has challenged me to interpret the world in a different “language”, but my artistic vision and voice remain the same. I am inspired by the cycles of nature, light and shadows, and the multitude of shapes, forms , patterns and colors of landforms, rocks, plants and living creatures.
WEBSITE
www.helenkdavie.com
