Stuart Davison — Art as Antidote
by Sally Hansen
“It feels really good to make somebody smile — to make them forget their troubles.” Artist Stuart Davison smiles a lot. In addition to enjoying the appreciative smiles his paintings evoke from visitors to the home studio he shares with his artist wife Stephanie, Stuart feels truly fortunate. He has forged a new life for himself in Canada that suits him perfectly.
A little over four years ago Stuart was suffering the verbal slings and arrows of outraged farmers who were totally exasperated with delays in receiving essential parts for their agricultural equipment. Stuart had no control over how long it would take to move the required part from some warehouse on the other side of Europe. He knew that he was reaching the end of his tolerance for being sworn at, regardless of the creativity and skill with which the invectives were being applied. Besides, the bad vibes were interfering with his painting.