About Me
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Davis has lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee and most recently Jacksonville, Florida before relocating to Albany, Georgia in 2005. Painting professionally for over five years, Ms. Davis has exhibited her work throughout the Southeastern United States.
Her paintings has been exhibited in solo and group shows at Albany Council for the Arts, Fort Valley State University, Phoebe Memorial Hospital, Turner Center for the Arts, the Georgia National Fair, and other locations throughout Georgia and Florida.
She is a member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters. A self-taught artist, she holds a BS degree in Economics from the University of Tennessee.
My Painting Story
My painting began more like an adverse allergic reaction to cubicle living rather than some unfulfilled childhood dream to become an artist.
Back then, I spent the greater portion of my day in a beige cubicle, with beige walls, huddled in front of a computer screen enclosed in beige plastic.
Occasionally, I would leave my beige mini-world to pick up something from a beige printer down the hall.
I began looking for something to do that was:
NOT beige
NOT organized
and definitely NOT corporate.
I began to spatter and splash paint around in a corner of the living room. I really had no idea what I was doing.
But as long as it wasn’t beige, I found a source of happiness. In the next house, I transformed our dining room into my studio. I continued to paint. I read every art book that I could get my hands on. I began to explore color, texture, composition, design and all those other buzzwords which are so popular among artists.
One day, I was able to run away from my beige job for good. Throwing my arms up in the air in the parking lot, and screaming as loud as I could, “I’m Free”. Yes — I really did that. I still treasure that memory. Screaming out loud in a public place can be quite cathartic. I had finally quit my corporate position. With the love and support of my family, I began to paint even more.
Another house and another town later, I now have a garage studio all to myself and a nice little art career to go along with it.
I don’t do all this alone. I have a studio assistant, Patches, who does her very best to help hold down any loose paintings or materials that find their way onto the floor. This isn’t easy for here since her since her feet are very furry and she has no thumbs.
She doesn’t let her lack of thumbs stop her from her working. At times, Patches even places her entire body on the canvas in an effort to keep it from flying up off the floor. She is gravitationally trained.
My family has accepted my erratic , painterly nature. I am happier than ever. I paint. I sell. I teach. I blog about most of it, and I am still having fun.
This wild ride called painter had taken me to lots of new bright places and drug me through some rather dark times as well. It is all part of me now, I doubt that I will ever give it up.
– Cindy
Artist Resume
Solo Exhibits
November 2009 Camilla Java, Solo Exhibit, Camilla Georgia.
May 2009 Dancing with Color, Solo Exhibit, Albany Area Arts Council, Albany, Georgia.
Sep 2008 Ft. Valley State University, Ft. Valley, Ga.
Oct 2008 Regions Bank, Albany, Georgia.
Mar 2008 Elements, Albany, Georgia.
Aug 2007 Heritage Bank, Albany, Georgia.
Jul 2007 Bee-Green, Albany, Georgia.
Feb 2006 Aunt Fannies, Albany, Georgia.
Jan 2006 Heritage Bank, Albany, Georgia.
Oct 2006 Heritage Bank, Albany, Georgia.
Nov 2006 Regions Bank, Albany, Georgia.
Oct06 – Dec07 Palmrya Hospital, Albany, Georgia.
Group Shows
April 2009 – Fifth Anniversary Celebration, Art on the Avenue Gallery, Macon, Ga
October 2008 – Georgia Artist’s Guild of Albany Member Show, Albany, Ga
May 2008 – Four Person Show, Art in the Evening, Herminies House, Albany, Ga
February 2008 – Southern Rivers Invitational Art Show, Camilla, Ga
June 2007 – 8th Annual Southwest Georgia Regional Art Show and Sale , Albany, Ga
June 2007 – Best of Spring into Art Juried Show at Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Ga
April 2007 – Spring Into Art at Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Ga
March 2007 – Wine Market at CheHaw Wildlife Park, Albany, Ga
March 2007 – Art Under the Oaks, Leesburg, Ga
February 2007 – Southern Rivers Fine Arts Expo Invitational Show and Sale Camilla, Ga
October 2006 – GA Artists Guild of Albany 13th Annual Members Exhibit, Albany Ga
September 2006 – Autumn ArtFest, Live Oak, Florida
October 2006 – Georgia National Fair, Perry, GA
September – 2006 Word Art Show at Hildegard’s, Valdosta, Ga
May 2006 – South West Georgia Regional Art Show and Sale, Albany, Ga
April 2006 – 19th Annual Spring Into Art, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta Ga
Gallery Representation
Art on the Avenue, Macon, Georgia
Woods Galleries, Albany, Georgia
Professional Organizations
International Society of Acrylic Painters
Publications
The Albany Herald, May 6, 2009, ‘Colors’ waltzes into Albany Area Arts Council.
The Albany Journal, August 13, 2008, The Best of Both Worlds.
Southwest Georgia LIVING Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007, Cindy Davis: the Unexpected Artist.
The Valdosta Daily Times, February 16,2007, Color is the key to artist’s works.
11th hour of Valdosta, December 6 – 19, 2006, volume 3 Issue 8, On Exhibit .
Digital Ink
MMCA Marketplace, September 29, 2009, Interview with Guest Artist Cindy Davis.
Creative Spotlight, Art Instruction Blog, not dated, Interview with Artist Cindy Davis.
Private Collections
Cimarron Escrow in Victorville, California
Mirate Eye Center in Valdosta, Georgia
Charles and Patsy Stripling, Camilla, Georgia
Kathryn S. Byer, Cullowhee, North Carolina
E&S Ring Management Corporation in Culver City, Colorado
