Davina Unwin

Davina's work centres around sixteenth to eighteenth century feudal Japan, from woodblock prints by the great Japanese masters to painting, mythology and history, as well as Japanese cinema. Her paintings take elements from this tradition and give them a contemporary slant.
The traditional bold lines, strong patterns and stylised forms are scaled up and rendered in a more contemporary palette, giving the life-size paintings a distinctly modern impact. Davina's repertoire includes warriors, battle scenes, gods, demons and beautiful ladies. Her technique involves building up many thin layers of acrylic paint to give a flat print-like quality to the work.