“Perhaps this film affects me so much because it feels so personal to me. In 1988 my first significant other died, when he and I were both 32. It was a shattering loss for me and completely upended my sense of reality. For a very long time, my grief enveloped everything and colored the way I looked at the world. Years passed before the wound could heal–grief takes a long time to transform, to give birth to something else.”
Davyd described himself on Twitter, “Contemporary painter, husband, pet owner & joyful do-gooder.” There are ripples from the great good that Davyd did in his life and I am grateful that the Foundation will continue his legacy.
“In the last months of his life, Davyd Whaley worked on a remarkable series of paintings, which he called the Sky Series. I have pondered them in the months since his death. They reflect his fascination with light, energy, color, and the deeper reaches of space. In fact I think one might argue that he was already moving away from his connection to this planet. He was moving into the mystery; his preoccupations were no longer with the dense manifestation of matter, but with the ways in which light defines our existence, makes us see objective forms, and the true nature of our very physical presence.”
June 5, 2015 In December of 2013, Davyd Whaley and I drove up to Big Sur on our way to
March 15, 2015 I was in Atlanta working for the last five weeks. I just returned home a couple of
January 10, 2015 “SYNCHRONICITY was painted at my house, without any memory of painting it. It was painted with enamel
December 21, 2014 Davyd Whaley remains constantly on my mind. I’ve been going through his journals, and studying his paintings
December 6, 2014 Today is Davyd Whaley’s birthday. He would have been 47. The sadness I feel about his loss
October 25, 2014 Thornton Wilder wrote, “The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.” So first of
October 18, 2014 It has been three days since Davyd Whaley passed away. Above is one of his paintings, which
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