Brad Davis

"Ohio River Spider" – Oil Painting, Forest Scene

2025

Brad Davis's "Autumn Sycamore" (2023) is a compelling oil on panel painting that measures 10 x 7.5 inches unframed.

Brad Davis's "Winter Cord" (2020) is a compelling oil on panel of a landscape that measures 5 x 7 inches unframed.

Contemporary realistic Arkansas landscape nature painting by Houston based artist Jerry Greenberg. The work features a stand fall colored trees next to a flowing river. Signed in the front lower left corner as well as titled on the reverse. Currently hung in a gold frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 36 in. x W 60 in. Artist Biography: I have a deep appreciation for nature. In my work I seek to convey the landscape as I experience it emotionally as well as visually. I travel frequently throughout the United States and Europe in search of new landscapes. Some of my favorite subjects include rivers and creeks in the Texas hill country; aspen trees in the Rocky Mountains; ponds in New England; and lush rolling hills in the English countryside. My influences include French and Russian Impressionists and early California landscape...

I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings. My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...