Davin Hanson was born in Watsonville, California and moved to Idaho Falls with his family as a child. His young adult life took him to Seattle where he discovered a deep love and talent for art. He began drawing and writing to release thoughts inside that seemed to build up if they didn’t come out of the end of a pen. He describes his discovery of creating art as the time that he first glimpsed a deeper purpose for living. Art and life tangled more and more in his world until they grew to be like a big ball of matted yarn that went everywhere with him. Life became more abstract, and his art became more realistic.
Memories of Idaho’s Indian summers, blustery winters, the beautiful mountains, and the clear water of the lakes and rivers brought him back to the area of his childhood. He now has a wife, 2 boys, and treasured relationships tied up in that ball of yarn. Art is continually more and more a part of his world, and he spends much of his free time in his art studio, convincing paper and canvas to reflect his observations in life. His art is normally very hidden. It is vulnerable for an artist to show their work. He talks a lot about submitting a book of his work that he is nearly finished with, and making his paintings public in all of the ways that artists do. Artists always seem so conflicted in their decisions of what to do with their work. They don’t want it to gather dust in the corner of their studio, but to decide to show it somewhere means that the way they see things is out in the open for all to see.