Artist: Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920–2014)
Artwork: Songs of the Grackle No. 12
Year: 1982
Medium: Gouache on Paper
Dimensions: 70 × 65 cm
Created in 1982, Songs of the Grackle No. 12 is a vibrant example of Alan Davie’s highly distinctive approach to abstraction and symbolic imagery.
The composition brings together a fascinating vocabulary of recurring signs, creatures, patterned forms and enigmatic symbols. Against fields of purple, turquoise and earthy green, Davie combines checkerboard passages, serpentine lines, an eye, crescent moon, floral forms and mysterious figures to create a work that invites continual discovery.
Music was fundamental to Davie’s creative life, and his paintings often developed through a similarly improvisational process. Rather than constructing a fixed narrative, he allowed forms and symbols to emerge intuitively, giving the work its characteristic sense of rhythm, spontaneity and mystery.
Rich in colour and detail, Songs of the Grackle No. 12 is a compelling work from an important period in Davie’s career and an excellent example of his unmistakable visual language.
Price: POA
Please contact the gallery for further information, condition details or to arrange a viewing.
Artist: Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920–2014)
Artwork: Songs of the Grackle No. 12
Year: 1982
Medium: Gouache on Paper
Dimensions: 70 × 65 cm
Created in 1982, Songs of the Grackle No. 12 is a vibrant example of Alan Davie’s highly distinctive approach to abstraction and symbolic imagery.
The composition brings together a fascinating vocabulary of recurring signs, creatures, patterned forms and enigmatic symbols. Against fields of purple, turquoise and earthy green, Davie combines checkerboard passages, serpentine lines, an eye, crescent moon, floral forms and mysterious figures to create a work that invites continual discovery.
Music was fundamental to Davie’s creative life, and his paintings often developed through a similarly improvisational process. Rather than constructing a fixed narrative, he allowed forms and symbols to emerge intuitively, giving the work its characteristic sense of rhythm, spontaneity and mystery.
Rich in colour and detail, Songs of the Grackle No. 12 is a compelling work from an important period in Davie’s career and an excellent example of his unmistakable visual language.
Price: POA
Please contact the gallery for further information, condition details or to arrange a viewing.
