Jack Davidson

Biography J.W. Davidson
Jack grew up in the isolated countryside of New York State, the third of six children. His interest turned toward the natural world of plants and collected them as would an explorer, and absorbed all the lore that surrounded them. He found employment in public gardens and nurseries, cultivating a large garden and built a home. He began his artistic pursuits with Architecture, then the Arts, but not until later did he discover Printmaking when he began to split his time between the isolation of his garden home in N.Y.S and Tucson, AZ. He developed a deep passion for printmaking. Jack has traveled the country visiting and studying the natural world which informs him in his work. The life of J. Goethe and R. Steiner inspire him.
Besides being educated in the fine arts he also holds a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Arizona. He has worked with form and shape to create natural outdoor spaces which may serve as a mold in which the spirit may realize itself.
Jack applies the Lazure painting method in therapeutic settings such as Camphill Communities and clinics, Waldorf schools, chapels and residences throughout the country. It allows fo