Karin Davie (born 1965) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York City and Seattle, Washington.
[3] Jan Allen has said that Davie's painting practice "...is a compelling evocation of stamina, evasion, and voracious sensuality.
A persistent, undulating rhythm of hiding and revealing, of unseen machinations beneath surfaces, courses through all Davies' work.
On a certain level, the diverse cultural productions and visual effects that the artist cites as inspiration for her painting – films, cartoons, reflections in a glossy fender or the swaying figure of a woman walking in a striped dress – are cover stories for, or approximations of, a deeper aesthetic investigation.
I am interested in a visual reflection of the complex psychological and social relationships that persist over time to concepts of the 'self' and 'body' in painting.