The Washington times., 1914-01-21

painting. There are innumerable pic
urcs OF the aurora. all showing some
different phase-some different color-it
Is treated In the same manner as the
differing views in the landscape. one
other canvas Is shimmering blue white,
IL shows the cold, the fec clad hills. and
the northern land in the irst grip OF
the young winter when the new SHOWS
ground.
Northern summers are pictured. north
en- sunsets, glaciers. iceDergs, sea, land
and sky effects innunlerabIe. Tho small
er sketches in the lower room the artist
calls his notes, for /: is from them,
painted sometimes at an unbcIievablc
52crfnce OF personal comfort, that he
makes his larger carvasses.
Has No Time Limit.
Leonard M.lDavis has no time limit. He
works fast. II he thinks he has an
hour, he takes hour but if he Is
.o5IIgeS to get the effect in less than i've
minutes he Is able to I, do So
His paintings instantly associate
them3elyeG with the poems OF Robert
N"r IS ii strange chat the Canadian
kIpling,~ as young Service Is sometimes
caietI, end the oainter Davis. both OF
Cn"n strive for tae same ultimate ef-
feet, are very close friends, and that
TIC gseatesI delight of Davis is TO re-
y.
rres9ire. Of tlFs spirit Of his wurk.
r i"ne1g- effects Of the present
eXnlpitlon do not do Justice to the
1 !, -te t&falence pf thich is only
heightened by bright white light.
Of his own work Mr.. payis said this
morning: mo ore can paint without
some, spiritual force behind him.
without some definite moving. force be-
sides the actual scene 6efore, and the
paints at ones side. Few realize they
q q Of he =,
oils, they are inclined 20 let the little
tubes dictate to them. For six years
| lived in Alaska and worked. I studied
the land from, every hour in the day
and night, l caught its mesi;ing. its
soul, in the long solitudes. otherwise
I never could have been able to put it
on canvas"
Can Portray Temperature.
He undoubtedly is ore Of the few
artists who can lay :egitIn ate claim
to the ability to paint terapera ture. not
just atmosphere, but temperature.
His career is romantic. ior he went
to the North, not to paint, but to
mingle with the miners III the gold
rush OF 1898 with the hope that he
would be able to fih1nce himself.
81 always had such big IDEAS" he
said today. "and knew i.le only way
to. express them would be to earn the
money myself. And sdere in the
North. found both, a new art, the
expression OF nv boyh bod hopes. and
the necessary money.
''Yes, I will go back. I have gone
back every year for many seasons. and
see no reason for tarrying here. There
Is wonderful inspiration for every
hour In the day there.
During the past the artist has adopt
ed the best. known methods Of expression
limited only by local conditions. To-
day We are not limited by the conditions
OF the past ages; we realize as never
before the science of vibration. The
finer the material the greater its vibra-
ton, and the simpler the method OF ap-
plication, the greater the control over
the expression of spirituality. 20 me-
the exclusive use of the palette-knife in
applying oil colors-makes 1t possible to
obtain simplicity Of treatment, and
of color values having
higher vibratory action t5an is possible
With the brushes, which imply multiple
ty, thereby expressing higher spiritual
sense. which is. the goal Of the true ar
list. rather than the making OF pictures.
The paintings will be on exhibition
until January 81 at the National Geo
graphic Society building, from II until
o'clock daily. 49,.