Celebrating the life and art of Harry Davis by Kathryn Manis
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color and dark shadows
Harry Davis in his studio in a 2014 photo by his niece, Tanisha Young Parker. Davis died in his sleep Feb. 10, 2018.
time with. When I finished those three, I asked her to buy some more
supplies. Only this time, I drew my own sketches.”
After moving into Veterans Affairs housing that provided a small
space for a studio, Davis began painting on large canvases. He started
with landscapes and seascapes but found that, even when he sold
them, he didn’t feel any emotional attachment to the content. That’s
when he started painting the people of Africa.
In works like “Yellow Girl” and “Yellow Man,” Davis began to explore
the endless beauty and variety of the different ethnic and tribal
groups of the African continent.
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