JON H. DAVIS - Artist & Photographer
Jon H. Davis on a photo shoot in Japan
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
“The life of a travel photographer is an adventure filled with the unexpected. Things can happen quickly, so having the camera ready to capture the moment is essential. A hippo that emerges off the bow of a Tanzanian riverboat will not wait and it’s challenging, and rare, to get the perfect shot.
Sometimes, when I feel everything is running smoothly, the weather suddenly changes and delays a shoot. I keep moving forward. Then slowly, the storm passes, the clouds part and the landscape is painted with an incredible light, accented by a gorgeous rainbow. This happened in Alaska’s Denali National Park. The beauty of it is, you never know, as nature reveals itself in so many mysterious ways. I am never at a loss to find even some small treasure through the lens. Many of those often overlooked gems become the source material for my original process of “digital alchemy” and the creation of new mandalas.”
Jon H. Davis
Photo by Iris Brooks
Jon H. Davis in the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, while creating the documentary, Exploring Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon.
JHD in New Mexico
JHD sailing on the Hudson River
TOTEMS © JON H. DAVIS
NORTHERN LIGHTS STUDIO was established in 1980 by Jon H. Davis in Glenburnie-on-Lake-George, which lies within the Adirondack State Park, in upstate New York. Located in an area with an abundance of natural resources, beautiful landscapes and crystal clear waters, which has drawn many well known artists to the region to record their impressions through painting, sculpture, photography and crafts. Living in the Adirondacks has been an inspiration for a diversity of creative art forms Davis continues to explore.
NORTHERN LIGHTS STUDIO has extended its reach and is currently based in Warwick, New York.
ISLAND IN THE MIST © JON H. DAVIS
HUDSON SUNRISE © JON H. DAVIS
NOTABLE LINKS
New Britain, Connecticut
New Mexico
New York
Newport, Rhode Island
Norway
Okinawa
Oregon
Palau, Micronesia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portugal
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Richmond, Virginia
Sakurajima
Sante Fe, New Mexico
Scottsdale, Arizona
South Africa
Spain
Tahiti
Taha’a
Tanzania
Tenerife
Tucson, Arizona
Vancouver, Canada
Vermont
Washington
Yakushima
Yucatan, Mexico
Zanzibar
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
Adirondacks, New York
Alaska
Arizona
Ashland, Oregon
Azores
Bangkok, Thailand
Berkshires, Mass.
Bhutan
Big Island, Hawaii
Bora Bora
Borneo
California
Canada
Canary Islands
Cancun, Mexico
Colorado
Ecuador
Florida
Fuerteventura
Gran Canaria
Germany
Hong Kong
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hudson Valley, New York
India
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kumejima
Kyushu
La Gomera
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Powell, Arizona / Utah
Lanzarote
Laurentians, Canada
Madeira
Malaysia
Malawi
Maine
Malta
Mont Tremblant, Canada
Moorea
Morocco
TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
BIO:
Jon H. Davis embraces digital media, expressing his vision of people and places while reflecting his love of the natural world, ancient arts, and global adventures. He has been an avid photographer since his youth and after studies at the Brooks Institute of Fine Art and Photography, went on a two-year long sojourn taking volumes of photographs. While driving across Europe and Asia in his VW van, his adventures included kayaking in the deep fjords of Norway, skiing throughout the Alps, and elephant-riding on the island of Sri Lanka. His photographs—including ships from the Indian Ocean, robots from Japan, cuisine from Thailand, and totem poles from Canada—have been published in many magazines including The Robb Report, Body & Soul, The Hook, Spa Life, Global Rhythm, and North American Inns.
In addition to his video docs and vast inventory of photographs from around the world, Davis creates colorful, contemporary artworks inspired by the Tibetan mandalas (cosmic maps of the universe). Working with a process he calls “digital alchemy,” he transforms some of his photographs and paintings into contemporary art mandalas, incorporating elements, textures, and patterns from the natural world. These works are available in archival prints as well as on canvas, metal, or in digital installations.