John F. Davis

John (Francis) Davis (born 28 July 1958) is an artist, who lives at Maslin Beach in South Australia. Davis is best known for his paintings of the Fleurieu Peninsula coastline. He is a caretaker of Maslin Beach for the Kaurna People. wearable art and story telling events for children, and who has always been a great help in guidance and support for John.

John Davis lives at Maslin Beach in the City of Onkaparinga with his wife Evelyn.

Influences John Davis is a self-taught painter, not particularly influenced by any style, but with a deep interest in surrealism, abstract art, and native art from around the world.

Environment

John Davis is involved in environmental projects, locally e.g. with the Red Ochre at the City of Onkaparinga coast line near Maslin Beach, and globally e.g. with global warming and the effects on ice caps and wildlife.

In 2008, Gregory Hemmings, environmentalist, writer and movie maker, organised a sailing ship expedition Around North America, to highlight the environmental issues. John Davis was asked to be the ship's on board artist, but he declined as he did not feel like a sailing person. As an alternative some of John's work featuring polar bears and one of Evelyn Roth's inflatable salmons were part of that journey. It was meant to be a 2-year voyage starting at Tromsø in Norway, sailing down the West coast of North America, through the Panama Canal then up the east coast, and ending back in Tromsø. The expedition ended after 12 months, taking half of the planned time for the trip.