LouD

Lou Davidson obtained a double degree in Arts and Business from James Cook University in 1999, majoring in ceramics, and specialising in business management. Lou pursued her interest in fine art photography and exhibits her photography in group and solo exhibitions in North Queensland.

A recent ‘sea change’ challenged Lou’s photography. Living aboard a cruising yacht changed her ‘playing field’ – no longer level or still, and a chart table doubling as a studio. Lou’s tripod is rendered useless onboard, and difficult to transport ashore in a small dinghy, so she experimented and developed an abstract or impressionist style that didn’t require pin sharp images or follow the traditional rules of photography.

Lou’s camera became her paintbrush without the smells of paint, oils, turps and other media. It is her tool to record, not only what her eyes see but what her other senses tell her about the subject, her experience, and her memory of being there.

Lou uses hand held long exposures moving her camera to “paint” the people, places, animals, and activities encountered in her travels. She often fiddles with the camera settings, uses customised filters; or adds anything that light penetrates to achieve interesting effects.

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
2010 – Collective impressions
My first solo photography exhibition held at Cell Art Space, Cairns, Queensland, from 4 December 2010 to 8 January, 2011.

2007 – Out the Back
A joint exhibition held at Pinnacles Gallery, Thuringowa, Queensland. Glen O’Malley was curator and head photographer of the group. The gallery commissioned the exhibition to capture a ‘snapshot in time’ of back yards in Kelso. These works were taken as my contribution to the exhibition and 11 exhibited are in the gallery’s collection.

ABSTRACT AND IMPRESSIONIST PHOTOGRAPHY
View all Abstract/Impressionist works

CREATE YOUR OWN CALENDAR FROM MY PHOTOS – BubbleMail me the title of the image for each month, a cover photo and the frist month of your calendar.

MAKE YOUR OWN T-SHIRT FROM MY PHOTOS – Bubblemail me the name of your favourite photo, and I’ll put it on a t shirt for you.

All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are © copyrighted and owned by the artist, Lou Davidson (LouD). Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. All rights reserved.

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