Louise Davies is a professional painter and printmaker based in London. She gained a BA in Fine Art from St Martins school of Art and an MA in Printmaking at Camberwell College of Art in London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.

She is celebrated for her vibrant landscapes, combining fluid line and rich colour in both prints and oil paintings. Working from her South East London studio, Louise produces original editions that feature in galleries across the UK, including the prestigious Bankside Gallery next to the Tate Modern, and are collected by both UK and international buyers in private and public collections.

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Intense layers of translucent colour and overlapping, shifting shapes are pulled together by fluid lines. Much of this stems from a childhood spent in the West Country, where the countryside was her place of reference. Later moving to London, she reminisced about that landscape by adding her own romantic palette to emphasise nature’s beauty. Suns rising and setting, turbulent storms, waters calm and troubled, are represented through Louise’s unique way of layering bold and all enveloping transparencies of colour.

In her London pieces, buildings are backlit by luminescent skies, adding magic and excitement to the already vibrant city. The Thames is set alight with neon tones, reflecting the mood of the image. At the same time, the addition of line adds structure to the scene, giving it stability. It is apparent in all of Davies’s work that her love of the environment is paramount, and her intuitive use of the various media testament to her mastery of these techniques. Davies’ inspiration comes from the landscape and her interpretation of it.

Renowned for her distinctive line drawings and a strong sense of colour, her speciality lies particularly in Printmaking with Etching and Collagraph. Working directly from her sketches drawn from the landscape, Davies brings them back to the studio and draws immediately onto the wax ground on zinc plates. Davies’ work is very instinctive; she can spend weeks experimenting with the work by trying out different layers of coloured inks and exploring mark making until she is satisfied with the finished image. The prints are all limited editions of 75 but each are unique in their own way, as they are printed individually by the artist.