American Indian artist Talmadge Davis dies at 43

[deb...@comcast.net]

American Indian artist Talmadge Davis dies at 43

Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. -- American Indian artist Talmadge Davis, given the title
Master Artist by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, has died.

Funeral workers say Davis, a native Cherokee, died on Thursday of a
heart attack. He was 43 years old.

Born in McAlester, Davis never formally studied art. His art career
began when he entered one of his pieces in an Oklahoma art contest.

He began painting full-time in 1998 and his work won the Best of Show
prize in the Tulsa Indian Art Festival a year later. In 2002 his
acrylic painting "The Headdress" won the first prize in the Trail of
Tears Art Show.

In 2004 he was awarded the Cherokee Medal of Honor for bringing the
Cherokee Nation heritage to the mainstream.

[Brad Ferguson]

In article <1131399079.8...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
<deb...@comcast.net> wrote:

Samples of his work here:

http://www.nativeamericanexpressions.net/naefolder/davis.html

[Bob Feigel]

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:41:31 -0500, Brad Ferguson
<thir...@frXOXed.net> magnanimously proffered:

>In article <1131399079.8...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
><deb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> American Indian artist Talmadge Davis dies at 43

>

>Samples of his work here:
>
>http://www.nativeamericanexpressions.net/naefolder/davis.html

Thanks for the link. After looking through his work and that of some
of the others featured on the site, I'd say that he was more of an
illustrator than an artist. But I guess that "artist" - like "star"
and "legend" - is used rather loosely these days.

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen

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[Bill Schenley]

> Samples of his work here:

> http://www.nativeamericanexpressions.net/naefolder/davis.html

Pretty cool. Thanks.

One of Davis' paintings of the great Cherokee Chief Dragging Canoe
using actor Wes Studi as the model:

http://eveningrain.com/Canoe.jpg

I became familiar with Talmadge Davis a few years ago ... when I was
looking for information on Wes Studi. The "Talmadge" struck me ...
because of Talmadge "Dixie" Davis, a major league pitcher for the St.
Louis Browns, who once pitched a 19-inning complete game victory over
the Senators ... and didn't give up a hit in the last nine innings.
Don't know if they were related.

Here is a photo of Talmadge Davis:

http://www.nativeamericanbotanics.com/img_label_TDavis.jpg