Artist’s Statement  

I seek beauty and joy in all things and hope to share that through my work.‍

For as long as I can remember, I have always felt the urge to create. After many years of working in the commercial design world, I am now immersed in painting in a non-representational way.

Abstract painting provides a new language for me, giving me a voice to express emotions and impressions of my inner and outer world. A sense of curiosity and freedom guides me as I paint intuitively and spontaneously with no prior planning. My painting style ranges from impressionistic observation to abstract expressionism.

I find inspiration all around me. Museums, galleries, graffiti, popular culture, and travels all excite me and inspire my own art. But the natural world is my most profound influence, filling my spirit and feeding my creative soul.

Acrylic, mixed media, and watercolor are my preferred media.

A love of color is evident in my paintings, and my former training as a calligrapher has influenced the gestural mark making that often appears in my work. Freedom and movement in my brush strokes help to illustrate the sense of creative freedom and excitement I’m experiencing from working in a non-representational style.

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Biography

Contemporary abstract painter, Kathy Davis, has evolved as an artist through several career reinventions.  In many ways, Davis’ paintings are the culmination of the years of training, experience, and inspiration she accumulated as a teacher, a designer and writer of greeting cards, and a business owner.  

The sale of her art licensing business in 2019 has reinvigorated Davis’ passion for painting.

Currently, Davis’ painting style is non-representational in nature. Acrylic, watercolor and collage are her preferred media. She is exploring new ground with her love of color and calligraphic mark making.  Davis’ paintings have been described as fresh, expressive, thought provoking and uplifting.  There is both a sophistication and casualness that give her work wide appeal.

As a lifelong resident of Horsham, PA, Davis has exhibited in juried shows at the Wayne Art Center, Coleman Fine Art, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Capitol Hill Arts League, Abington Art Center and American Greetings Corporate Headquarters. She is currently a member of Muse Gallery in Philadelphia.

Davis’ work is held in many private collections in the U.S.

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Education

Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
MEd Art Ed

West Chester University, West Chester, PA
BA

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Continuing Education

Wayne Art Center

Drawing Center of Tucson

Woodmere Art Museum

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

International Calligraphic Conferences

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Awards & Honors

2023
First Place, Cerulean Arts’ 11^th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, Juror: Bill Perthes, Barnes Foundation

2021
Special Merit Award, Abstracts Art Exhibition, Light, Space & Time Online Art Gallery

2021
Special Recognition Award, Abstracts Art Exhibition, Light, Space & Time Online Art Gallery

2014
Distinguished Alumnae Recipient, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

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Publications

"Scatter Joy: Living, Giving and Creating a Life You Love", Scatter Joy Publications 2009

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Professional Experience

2014-2021
Founder and Chairman, Scatter Joy Center for the Arts, Horsham, PA

2018-2020
Advisory Board Member, Simply Amazing: Empowering Kids to be Creative, Winter Springs, FL

2014
Juror, University of the Arts Senior Show, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions

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Solo

2023
Kathy Davis Exhibition, Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Gwynedd, PA

2022
Kathy Davis: Then and Now, Horsham Township Library, Horsham, PA

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Group

2024
New Now VII, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

InLiquid Toasts 25, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks, Philadelphia, PA

(re)Focus: the Artist’s Voice, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2023
Two by Two Invitational, 2023, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

The Visual Voice, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

11^th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

12^th Annual Open Call Juried Exhibition, Capitol Hill Arts League, Washington, DC

2023 Regional Juried Spring Open, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

2022
Attraction to Abstraction, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

2021
Attraction to Abstraction, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

Summer Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

Abstracts Art Exhibition, Light, Space and Time Online Gallery

Featured Artists, Artezona Online Gallery

2016
Calligraphy in Blossom, Scatter Joy Center for the Arts, Horsham, PA

2015
Joy Squared, Scatter Joy Center for the Arts, Horsham, PA

2014
Positive Affirmations, Kathy Davis Corporate Headquarters, Horsham, PA

2012
Artist Entrepreneurs, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA

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Gallery Representation

Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

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Collections

Davis’ work is held in many private collections in the U.S.

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Lectures and Talks

2024
Panelist, (re)Focus: The Artist’s Voice, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2017
Moderator and Panelist, How NOT to be a Starving Artist, Scatter Joy Center for the Arts, Horsham Township Library, Horsham, PA

2013
Guest Speaker, National Guild for Community Arts Education, National Conference, Chicago, IL

2012
Keynote Speaker, American Greetings Annual Creative Conference, Cleveland, OH

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