Chris Davies

Artist Statement | Sedgley | March 2020

My work is an exploration of nature, mythology, surrealism and the human condition. These themes are sometimes combined with a reaction to current events in politics, popular culture and society as a whole.
Although I work in a range of mediums, drawing remains at the heart of everything I create. It’s my way of interpreting the world around me and, in some way, uncovering some kind of truth.

A reaction to the wave of populism, big data and hysteria which floods our social media channels and distorts rational thought and debate. Although the concept for this piece was devised before the Coronavirus pandemic and relates to Trump, climate change, it could also be interpreted as a metaphor for the mass hysteria, panic buying and xenophobia which has ensued since it emerged.

Chris Davies (Christoff3000)

Artist Statement | Sedgley | March 2020

In an era of selfies, Instagram filters, FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and individualism, I wanted to rethink the portrait and somehow get closer to the true nature of what makes us human. The eyes may be the ‘windows to the soul’, but we’re so often distracted by what we think we see…

Chris Davies (Christoff3000)