Artist Derrick Davis: Timeless

Thank you, Derrick Davis, for capturing a symbol of strength and beauty - African American hair. Garden Spices thanks you for gracing our pages with your pen and ink "plaits," as well as your other compelling images. Gate open! - Victorine

ThatLady, 20"x19", pen and ink

Artist's Inspiration

Growing up in my rural hometown, Leighton, AL, I was close to my my mother and grandmother who crafted, and my father and grandfather, who were good at building. They influenced my artistic expression. Today, my work is displayed in homes and businesses from Huntsville to California.

I have utilized the watercolor medium for the lion’s share of my creations. I am also versatile in the areas of pen and ink, ceramics, fibers, photography, printmaking and wood working. I work in a loose abstract surrealistic style that sometimes combines the use of watercolor, color pencils, tusche, and magic markers that come together to create captivating Rural and African images that traverse time from our African origins to our present situation.

Derrick Davis

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Du du Plaits Male, 19" x 13"

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Dudu Plaits, Female 19"x13" Pen and Ink

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Slideshow of African Images

1. Unified Motherland, 14" x 12", 2. Motherland, 18"x14", 3. Biotech Giraffe, 17"x 25" 4.Death ship, 22"x27"

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Wood sculpture

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Admiration of Man, 29"x15"

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Derrick Davis

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Artist Bio

• IOCAD Engineering (Huntsville, AL)

• Digital Cartographer, Produced digital maps for Defense Mapping Agency

• Spatial Data Collector (Field Supervisor)

• Working with GSA, and MedCom to produce as built drawings for space management purposes

• Raython (Huntsville, AL ) - Graphic Artist

• Developed Illustrations and briefing for different projects

• CAS Inc. Huntsville, AL

• Senior Graphic Illustrator

• Developed Illustrations for the Air Defense Command and Control System

• Intergraph Services Co. (Huntsville, AL)

• Digital Cartographer

• Converted Hard Copy Map data to Digital Data

• D.G. Robinson Corp, Huntsville, AL)

• Graphic Artist

• Provided a myriad of graphic support requested by NASA and Teledyne Brown Engineering

Art Shows

• National Black Theater FestivalWinston Salem, NC

• Southern Roots Festival

• African American Artist with Alabama TiesBirmingham, AL

• Small Business Expo Von Braun Civic CenterHuntsville,

• AL Ala. A&M University Black Archives Research Center Museum, Normal, AL

• AL. A&M University Dawson Bldg.Media Center Conference

• WEUP Black Art FestivalHuntsville, AL

• YMCA, Kwanzaa CelebrationH

• Two Man Art ShowAla. A&M University Art Gallery

• One Man Art ShowChicago, IL

• Florence Lauderdale County Public LibraryBlack History Month Celebration

• Tennessee Valley Art Association Member Show,TVAA Gallery Jul 2019 Aug 2014, 2015 and 2023

Contact: derrickndavis1957@gmail.com