Davin Trail-Risk

@davinrisk.com

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I’m a generalist artist and designer interested in ways of making that focus on discovery and curiosity. I believe in life long learning and the power of being a perpetual amateur. davinrisk.com

Imaginary Landscapes by Davin Risk - square book cover with abstract watercolour painting held in my hand over a blue backdrop
abstract drawing with the words: repeated, poor, gap, hope, scene, seams, solid
Abstract drawing/collage with arrows pointing down and the words COLD SOUND colours: black, white, neon pink, neon orange, neon yellow
A digital drawing of a semi-imagined winter landscape.
Abstract drawing made in Procreate. Luminous orange and pink on a grey background with rich black marks and text. Mixed drawn letters that can spell various things depending on how they are read: UN DO WE KNOW KNOT NO NOT
This is a photo of an abstract drawing that contains the words PATH OBSCURED and uses paint, paper, and pencil. It was made by Davin Risk in 2024.
Two Lists, 2024 A drawing with collage on Masonite panel by Davin Risk that includes the words: Latency Green River Field Smoke Blue Wind Sky Map
Nighttime long exposure of stars and tree
Abstract drawing by Davin Risk Pencil and acrylic paint on Masonite panel.
“Switch Stance”, 2023 8.5x11 abstract drawing on paper by Davin Risk - Has the words SWITCH STANCE with dots in a grid.
Time lapse drawing video
Night time long exposure photo of stars and a tree
Promo image for my post “Permutations” with the excerpt text: I wrote recently about language and words in my artwork and the form of visual poetry I can see in some of what I do. There’s an intention in the way I choose to work that favours a lack of intention. I know… stay with me for a bit here. I try to work in ways that don’t presume what the work will be.
Image shows the detail from a drawing and a text excerpt: I’ve already expressed how I’m prone to chasing tangents down rabbit holes to often find new rabbit holes along the way. I have a habit of looking one thing up on Wikipedia to then end up multiple tabs deep in discovery. Rabbits live in warrens after all, which are by nature interconnected pathways and structures.
Detail of an abstract drawing with the words “path of totality”
Substack post promo image: Friction and the Shape of Language Last time I mentioned thinking about the shape of words when I use them in my drawings. That got me thinking about concrete/visual poetry and how that practice takes a similar approach to utilizing the shape of language within the frame of the page.
An image of sun glitter on Lake Ontario. https://davinrisk.substack.com
Detail of a collage/drawing in found cardboard
Cover of volume one of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira series. Published by Dark Horse Comics.