The work of Grace Davies is currently on display in the Mud Matters gallery.
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Grace was born in NJ and studied photography at F.I.T. and Geology at Hunter College. In 2001 she started taking studio classes in ceramics and sculpture and soon realized that working in three dimensions offered an inspirational new outlet for her creative expression.
Although she sculpts other shapes and works in various media, creating animal forms in clay is her passion and a natural outgrowth of her connection with nature. She loves the challenge of working life-size as much as possible, combining metal, plaster, wood, epoxy, resin, glass and concrete with the fired ceramics to structurally achieve the desired results.
In each new piece, Grace hopes to capture something of the personality of the individual animal. Her work is influenced by the paintings of John James Audubon and Walton Ford.
She is currently working on a project called “Extinction, Invasion, Survival” concerning our stewardship of the animal world. Her sculptures have been shown in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Hudson (NY), Cape May, and Puerto Rico.
