Emmy award winning Oakhurst artist, Bill Davis, installed his painting, “Enjoying California Treasures,” in the Valley Children’s Hospital today. The event was the exciting conclusion to a journey begun in 2014. Bill was one of several local artist recruited to provide 2 and 3 dimensional works of art, as part of the hospital’s current interior remodel.
Led by Aesthetics, Inc. Art Project Managers, Sorina Igreti and Pam Nickell, artists from the greater San Joaquin Valley area were asked to provide artworks that uplift and provide distraction to children and their families, facing severe health challenges.
Given the theme Enjoying California Treasures, by Sorina, Bill presented two color sketches for consideration, before beginning work on his 3’ x 6’ acrylic on panel painting. “I wanted to create an image that visitors could go back to again and again, each time discovering something they hadn’t seen before,” Bill says. The highly colorful image presents Californians engaged in healthy pastimes unique to the state: rock climbing El Capitan, mountain biking in Joshua Tree, whale-watching, surfing and snowboarding, to name a few. “I grew up in California and experienced most of what I’ve represented in the painting, so they’re all activities close to my heart,” Bill added.
Bill’s painting now hangs on the 2nd floor of the hospital and is there for visitors to experience up close.
About Bill Davis
Bill Davis was born and grew up in Venice, CA. He received his BFA from the California Institute of the Arts, before joining NBC in Burbank, CA, as a graphic artist. Among other projects, Bill created “More to Come” bumper graphics for the Tonight Show, Starring Johnny Carson, designed the Gong Show logo and performed body painting for Laugh-In. He received a national primetime Emmy award, while with the studio.
Other commercial pursuits have included illustrations for advertising and print publications (Sesame Street Workshop, MacMillan Publishing, Addison Wesley, etc.), the direction of animated commercials (McDonald’s, IBM, Kemper Fund, PG&E, etc.) and Chief Creative Direction of computer game companies (Sierra Online, Rocket Science Games, iWin).
Bill moved to the town of Oakhurst, CA, in the Sierra foothills, to join computer game company, Sierra Online, in 1989 and has maintained a home there, where he currently lives with his wife, Betty Tikker Davis, ever since.
Contact
Bill Davis
38655 Road 425B
Oakhurst, CA 93644
559 658-2663
bdavis@billsbook.com
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