PRESS • FILM • CONVERSATIONS
Explore two decades of interviews, films, exhibitions, collaborations, and press documenting the art, career, and evolving world of Shayvision.
FEATURED: INSIDE SHAYVISION
Shayvision Movie
Featured Press
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THE DRIVE BEHIND SHAYVISION
READ THE INTERVIEW →Shoutout Colorado talks with Shay about his journey from college football to a twenty-year career in art, his relentless work ethic, and the ideas driving his most ambitious paintings.
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VISION QUEST: ENDANGERED SPECIES
READ THE FEATURE →ArtBeat Magazine explores Shay Davis’s Vision Quest exhibition—an ambitious series confronting endangered species through vivid symbolism, surreal environments, and masterfully layered oil paintings.
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ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE
READ THE FEATURE →303 Magazine profiles Shay Davis’s evolution as an artist, his distinctive futuristic surrealism, and the discipline, symbolism, and imagination behind the ShayVision world.
GALLERY & EXHIBITIONS
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VISION QUEST
VIEW THE EXHIBITION →Shay Davis’s acclaimed 2018 solo exhibition at Denver’s Abend Gallery brought together his ambitious Endangered Species series—an immersive collection exploring wildlife, symbolism, survival, and humanity’s connection to the natural world.
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FROM DENVER TO DENMARK
EXPLORE SHAY’S STORY →ShayVision has reached audiences across the United States and Europe,—from Denver and San Diego to Galleri Oxholm in Copenhagen and SCOPE Art Fair in Sweden. Each exhibition brings Shay’s futuristic surrealism to a new audience.
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ART BEYOND THE GALLERY
SEE MORE ART →From a towering 150-foot mural at Life Is Beautiful in Las Vegas to major public works in Colorado, California, and Mexico, Shay transforms entire spaces into immersive worlds filled with color, symbolism, and imagination.
Vision Quest ABend Gallery
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SHAYVISION PREMIERE • SAN DIEGO
Watch the KUSI news story about Shayvision right below.The San Diego premiere of ShayVision brought Shay Davis’s creative world to the screen—revealing the imagination, symbolism, and personal stories behind his art.
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FROM THE FIELD TO THE CANVAS
Featured on the cover of The Denver Post during his football career, Shay carried the discipline, intensity, and competitive drive he developed as an athlete into his life as a professional artist. That same determination continues to push every painting beyond what he thought was possible.
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BORROWED TIME WINES
READ THE WINE & ART STORYShayVision beyond the traditional canvas. Shay created the original artwork featured on Borrowed Time Wines, transforming the bottle into a collectible piece where fine art, storytelling, and winemaking come together.
KUSI NEWS AND SHAYVISION PREMIERE
COLLECTORS • COLLABORATORS • FRIENDS
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LEE JAFFE • CREATIVE LEGEND
EXPLORE LEE JAFFE’S STORYShay Davis with artist, filmmaker, musician, and producer Lee Jaffe at the ShayVision premiere in San Diego. Jaffe lived and worked alongside Bob Marley, managed the Wailers, played harmonica on Natty Dread, and produced Peter Tosh’s landmark album Legalize It. He also shared with Shay his remarkable firsthand story about his role in the creation of “I Shot the Sheriff”—a piece of music history that goes far beyond the official credits. Shay and Lee hungout for a time and had a really good art/fun relationship.
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Shay arrived at Jordan Peterson’s Bellco Theatre event carrying a print of one of his paintings, hoping for the chance to share it. Members of the security team were so taken by the artwork that they made sure it reached Peterson. He loved the piece, and what began with that single print ultimately led to Peterson acquiring the original. After the event, Shay and Peterson met and talked in person—an unforgettable connection created entirely through the power of art.
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PETE & MARILYN COORS • FRIENDS & COLLECTORS
WATCH THE COORS WESTERN ART SHOWShay Davis with longtime friends and art collectors.Regionally influential supporters of the arts, Pete and Meredith Coors have shared in Shay’s journey through the celebrated Coors Western Art Show and a genuine friendship built around art, community, and Colorado.
ROOTS • SPORTS • BROTHERHOOD
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Very first art show I ever had, 1999
Shay Davis with his brother at the very first art show of his career. Long before the international exhibitions, major commissions, film premieres, and notable collectors, there was simply an emerging artist, his family beside him, and the courage to put his work in front of the world for the first time.
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TWO COLORADO PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Shay Davis with Denver basketball legend Chauncey Billups—two Colorado Players of the Year whose paths began in high-school athletics. The photograph captures a shared competitive spirit and a hometown connection between two athletes who carried that drive into very different professional careers. In college at CU, where we both went, he actually taught me how to play craps correctly as well, which was pretty cool.
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JAKE PLUMMER • ART & ATHLETICS
Shay Davis with former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer at one of Shay’s art shows. The moment brings two Colorado worlds together—professional athletics and fine art—and reflects the friendships and competitive spirit that have remained part of Shay’s creative journey.
WESTERN ART • SHOWS • COMMUNITY
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COORS WESTERN ART SHOW
EXPLORE THE COORS WESTERN ART SHOWShay Davis with fellow artists and close friends Jen and Patrick at the Coors Western Art Show. Held alongside Denver’s National Western Stock Show, this prestigious annual exhibition brings together leading Western artists, collectors, and an extraordinary creative community from across the country.
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WESTERN FUNK • WESTWARD GALLERY
Westward Gallery presented Shay Davis’s Western Funk exhibition in Denver—an imaginative collision of Western imagery, surreal storytelling, vivid color, and hidden symbolism. The accompanying magazine feature captured a defining chapter in the evolution of Shay’s unmistakable artistic style.
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BEST OF THE WEST • GREAT FALLS
CHECK OUT A SMALLL PEAK OF THE SHOW. >Shay Davis brought his distinctive Western Funk style to Great Falls, Montana—one of the country’s most celebrated destinations for Western art. Surrounded by artists, collectors, and generations of Western tradition, Shay’s surreal approach offered a bold vision of what the genre could become.
BRING SHAYVISION INTO YOUR WORLD
Explore available original paintings, discover limited-edition prints, or work directly with Shay to create a one-of-a-kind commission built around your story, ideas, and imagination.