Barbara Davis is a sculptor, mixed media artist and expressive arts therapist.  Davis’s work revolves around the central themes of shelter and care; relationship and interdependence. Davis first discovered the healing power of the arts as a high school student when her father was hospitalized with a life threatening illness.  At that time Davis noticed that the only time she was free of worry was when she was drawing.  She knew then that she needed to pursue a career in the arts, with a focus on health and healing.

Davis has always been fascinated by the relationship between insides and outsides, specifically how what is on the inside is reflected on the outside; or the discrepancy between what is seen and not seen. This fascination is also reflected in her work as an Expressive Arts Therapist helping others to explore their inner worlds and find ways to express that which has been hidden.

Davis has always been interested in the influence  of the environment on our psychology - starting with her work building structures for young children in childcare centers.  Davis noticed how the aesthetics of the built and natural environment could influence the behavior and mood of children and their caregivers.   In recent decades there has been scientific research into the field of neuroaesthetics validating what Davis experienced when working with young children.  

Davis’s sculpture has been echoed in her long career as a psychotherapist and expressive arts therapist specializing in trauma recovery and the integration of Self.   Much of Davis’s work reflects ideas about how parts - sometimes disparate and unwanted parts - make up a whole and are always present, even if unknown.