Davie, James Alan / Alan Davie (28 September 1920  5 April 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician. He was born in Grangemouth in 1920 and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. Like Pollock, many of Davie's works have been executed by standing above the painting, which is laid on the ground. Despite the speed at which he worked (he usually had several paintings on the go at once), however
Davie, James Alan / Alan Davie (September 28, 1920 – April 5, 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician. He was born in Grangemouth in 1920 and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. 
Like Pollock, many of Davie&#x27;s works have been executed by standing above the painting, which is laid on the ground. Despite the speed at which he worked (he usually had several paintings on the go at once), however, he was adamant that his images are not pure abstraction, but all have significance as symbols