For her inviting abstract paintings and mixed media works, contemporary artist Chelsea Davine draws inspiration from the landscapes around her as well as the unheralded details of daily life in Spain. The shoreline near her studio in Barcelona, the range of colors in the piles of leaves on the ground at a local park, the dazzling show that the sky puts on in the morning and in the early evening hours — nature’s colors and the outdoors have indeed greatly impacted Davine’s work over the years.
Born in London in 1971, Davine studied at the Chelsea School of Art (now Chelsea College of Arts) from 1991 to 1992 before earning her degree in fine art from Middlesex University in 1995. While at Middlesex, she attended a three-month Erasmus sculpture program at the University of Valencia.
After her studies had concluded, Davine moved to Barcelona in 1998 where she was charmed by the city’s cultural dynamism, color and life. The country’s capital also came to influence her work. “In London, I used concrete and gray,” she said. “In Barcelona, I use steel, red and gold.”
Davine initially spent time creating bespoke furniture in wood and steel and working on interior design projects through her interiors/design studio, Milk, which she founded in 2006. In 2009, she debuted a selection of paintings, sculpture and photography at her first solo show at the Tasneem Gallery in Barcelona. The exhibition yielded commissions from local architects and a range of international clients.
Davine’s abstract, figurative paintings and landscape paintings have depth and reference her roots in sculpture — they offer a three-dimensional effect that materializes owing to the works’ layers of textures and rich colors. Her signature use of copper leaf, gold leaf and oil on steel or canvas is seen in many of her most recent pieces such as Archipelago, Pink Meridian and Horizon in Silver Steel.
Throughout her career, Davine has shown her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Europe, Asia and North America.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Chelsea Davine paintings and mixed media art.
Snow Moon I - 21st Century, Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and silver leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continu...
Silver, Gold Leaf
$7,408
Evanescence- 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Spring Valley - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
$6,104
Blue Mountains - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Gold, Mountains
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists ...
Gold Leaf
$13,038
Exhale-Inhale Diptych - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas Sold as a Diptych, and also available individually For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer...
Gold Leaf
Looking West With Gold - 21st Century, Contemporary, Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Deep Blue with Silver - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold and silver leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artist...
Gold Leaf
Blue Moon - 21st Century, Oil painting, abstract, night, blue, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Midsummer Woods - 21st Century, Oil painting, gold leaf, abstract, winter
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Chelsea Davine has used her signature technique to create "Midsummer Woods", oil and gold leaf on canvas. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to mak...
Gold Leaf
$6,321
Winter Wood with Gold- 21st Century, Oil painting, gold leaf, abstract, winter
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Chelsea Davine has used her signature technique to create "Winter Wood with Gold", oil and gold leaf on canvas. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way ...
Gold Leaf
Embers- 21st Century, Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Chelsea Davine has used her signature technique to create "Embers", oil and gold leaf on canvas. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their c...
Gold Leaf
Kintsugi- 21st Century, Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Chelsea Davine has used her signature technique to create "Kintsugi", oil and gold leaf on canvas. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their...
Gold Leaf
Solace- 21st Century, Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and silver leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continu...
Silver, Gold Leaf
Komorebi II - 21st Century, Oil painting, gold leaf, abstract, winter
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Chelsea Davine has used her signature technique to create "Komorebi II", oil and gold leaf on canvas. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make th...
Gold Leaf
Summer Woods - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
$6,537
Pale moon with Dianthus Pink - 21st Century, Oil, gold leaf, abstract, winter
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Chelsea Davine has used her signature technique to create "Pale moon with Dianthus Pink", oil and gold leaf on canvas. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as...
Gold Leaf
Evening Sky with Silver - 21st Century, Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and silver leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continu...
Gold Leaf, Silver
Abstract with Gold Squares- 21st Century, Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Chelsea Davine has used her signature technique to create "Abstract Gold Squares", oil and gold leaf on canvas. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way ...
Gold Leaf
Midsummer Woods - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Reflect - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf, diptych
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold and silver leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artist...
Gold Leaf
Copper Leaves - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold and silver leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artist...
Gold Leaf
$5,666
Moonrise through the Woods - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Winter Dawn - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas An explosion of color captures the essence of a dynamic sky at sunset. The composition is dominated by bold horizontal streaks of purple, pink, and orang...
Gold Leaf
Red Autumn Moon - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Golden Hour - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Her inspiration is the small, often unnoticed details which make up everyday life: Chimney smoke, burnished gold, patterns under peeling paint, broken stairs leading nowhere, the rav...
Gold Leaf
$9,162
Winter Dawn III - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
$5,227
Archipelago - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Abstract, Painting, Copper
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil, acrylic and copper leaf on steel For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists...
Copper, Steel
$3,484
Horizon In Silver Steel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Silver
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Diptych. Oil and silver leaf on steel. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold, silver and copper leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many ...
Silver, Steel
$5,227
Autumn Meridian - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Gold, Moon
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Spring Meridian - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Summer Sea - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold and copper leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artist...
Gold Leaf
$6,537
Gold Moon through Autumn Woods - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Autumn Woods- 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, red, gold leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Silver Abstract
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and silver leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continu...
Silver
Exhale - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas Also available as a Diptych with "Inhale". For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shi...
Gold Leaf