About this place....

The CURVE is a boutique art gallery in the heart of downtown Muskogee, Oklahoma, and is owned by Ann Davis (okay, that's me...I'm doing that weird talking-in-the-3rd-person-thing). The vision for The CURVE is that it serves as the permanent gallery for the Roger Davis Collection, home-base for Ann Davis's (...My) art and hosts regional guest artists through creatively curated shows and exhibits. The gallery is a source open to architects and designers for original and reproduction art, as well as providing art staging, consulting and rentals for corporate businesses, open houses, restaurants and events. We can even stage your wedding with fabulous art!  How cool would that be?

 

About the other part of this place...

Ann Davis Art and Design Studio is in the back half of the building. That's where the messy art stuff happens. And the creative design stuff. When you can hear music from the parking lot, it's coming from the studio. There aren't a whole lot of rules back there. It's my sanctuary, my refuge and my therapy couch all in one. I paint almost daily, sometimes all night, if I'm on a roll. My art is offered through the gallery and I welcome commissions. Interior Design services are offered by appointment. Live outside of the 918 area code? No problem, we will figure it out. 

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About Me... 

Okay, so yeah...well, The Universe started handing me a big 'ol heaping serving of heartbreaking curve balls in 2013. First as a widow, then I closed down a business that my husband and I had built together and was our 2nd child...I just couldn't do it without him, and didn't have the heart to. Then we had to leave our beloved home behind. But then I got a great job in Tulsa but then I lost that job and have been unemployed since December 2016. Then I lost my mom and dad in the last year (I was reminded the other day that I am an orphan. Crap, an orphan, too? Ugh. I've suffered through failed relationships that have broken my broken heart ...so, you name it, it's pretty much happened to me in the last couple of years. That's just life, y'all. The shitty part, yes, but, life all the same. I just never imagined so much happening at this stage of my life.  But, through it all, ART has been my salvation. I thank the Holy Mother Universe for making me resilient, creative, determined and a dreamer.  For giving me a place to go in art where I can pour my heart and soul and tears. So life's happenings have lead me back to my roots, my hometown, and once again I am throwing my big-hearted, pie-eyed, rose-colored-glasses-wearing self into the ring. This time, on my own. I am an only parent of a fabulous son who will go off to college soon. It's a little scary...I'm not gonna lie. But, I have faith. I hope the gallery and studio are a source of enjoyment and inspiration for you. I hope you embrace the vision, attend all the openings and buy original, local art from me. I hope you start collecting art if you haven't already. I hope we make your house a home and plop down on that perfect sofa I find for you when we're finished and have a big glass of wine. White, of course... we wouldn't want to spill anything on it. So, CHEERS, to New Beginnings! To women who ROCK. To getting back up when you are knocked to the ground. To hometowns and roots and life and all those things that make us who we are. To bending but not breaking and setting THE CURVE- Ann