About

The Davis Orton Gallery, established in August, 2009, is located on historic Warren Street in Hudson, NY – a new gallery on an architecturally rich street famous for its antique shops, galleries and restaurants.

The Davis Orton Gallery exhibits contemporary photography, mixed media and a growing number of artist-published photo books. The goal of the gallery is to present mid-career artists and emerging artists whose work deserves a broader audience.

Recent transplants from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Karen Davis and Mark Orton’s lives have revolved around photography and art for almost two decades.  Karen is a photographer and teacher.  Her recent series, “The McCann Family” has been exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA.  She teaches courses and workshops related to photography and word and image art at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.

Mark, a business coach and consultant, has developed multi-media presentations and websites for artists, helping to convert and expand their vision to an electronic platform.  He and Karen present workshops for artists who wish to design and maintain their own websites.

Married for 32 years, Karen and Mark have collaborated on limited edition, self-referential photo books including “Pretension, All About Us,” which takes a satirical look at the contemporary art world.