Biography

Marcheta Davis, a native Akronite, feels no day is complete without her art, having been a lover and creator of the arts since very young. She is the mother of four grown children, grandmother of seven, and is a retired art teacher from the Akron Public Schools.

Over the years she has done hand-coloring of photographs for area studios, created tie and scarf designs, worked as a dress buyer, illustrated fashions for the Beacon Journal, decorated store window displays, painted countless signs and murals, and painted glassware, some at the request of Idabelle Firestone.

Awarded a scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Art, she earned two degrees in her field at the University of Akron, and did graduate study with Elmer Novotny at Kent State University. Classes with Jack Richard and workshops with other artists, along with a session at Brigham Young University at Laie, Oahu, enhanced the development of her own rhythm.

She has exihibited locally since the age of twenty and through the years has juried shows, given demonstrations, slide shows and lectures, as well as won numerous awards and prizes.

A member and past president of the Women's Art League of Akron, Marcheta is also a member of the Hudson Society of Artists, is an associate member of the Ohio Watercolor Society, and has a signature membership in the Akron Society of Artists. She is a member and former trustee of the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, is a member of the Akron Women's City Club, and is on the board of Gallery 732.

 

 

 

Marcheta Davis

 

Artist Statement

Marcheta enjoys working mainly in oil, watercolor and pastels, painting alla prima while emotionally responding to light and color with her paint strokes. She is continually involved in self-study and artistic experimentation...and is ever anxious to start her next painting.

Extensive travels have provided a wealth of inspiration and are evidenced in her paintings by the wide variety of landscapes, seascapes, and other subject matter. Having traveled to all fifty states, with visits to many of our National Parks, as well as to most Canadian provinces, she has also ventured to Europe, Greece, Israel, Egypt and the Caribbean. These journeys have prompted further study of art history and have influenced her work, lending it a new feeling. When traveling, she always takes along her sketchbook, paintbox and camera and, as often as possible, paints outdoors on location.

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