Stan Davis

1942 - 0000

Stan Davis grew up in Salem, near Tallahassee, Florida and close to the shores of the Gulf Coast. As a child Stan loved two things: he loved drawing, and he loved searching the nearby beaches for arrow heads, pottery shards, and other artifacts that washed out of the many streams and rivers in that area that flow into the Gulf. Following his graduation with honors from the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, Davis worked for a year with an advertising agency before joining the Air Force. When his term of service in the Air Force was up Davis moved to Los Angeles where he worked as the art director for one of the top advertising agencies in the world, Richter & Mracky-Bates, eventually leaving to establish his own ad agency.

While running his own advertising agency, Davis visited a number of art galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona, and was inspired to begin creating art in his free time based on Native American themes. Davis’ desire to create historically accurate paintings led him to travel throughout the Northwest and Canada to see the landscapes of the Plains Indians, visit museums to study Indian artifacts, and to learn how to make historically accurate costumes. Specializing in oil paintings of 19th-century scenes featuring Blackfoot, Sioux, and Cheyenne Indians, Davis hired Native Americans to model for his paintings, wearing the costumes he personally made to insure their accuracy. After two years of painting in his free time, Davis dived into the art market with his 25 best paintings.

Eventually, Stan Davis left the advertising business to focus exclusively on painting and moved back to his home state of Florida, where he lives and paints today. Since moving back to Florida, Davis has extended his repertoire to include the occasional painting of a Seminole Indian.

SILENT DOG FIRST TO BITE Oil on Linen 12 x 11 inches

WINTER SOLSTICE Oil on Linen 2003 24 x 18 inches