Robert V P Davis

While continuing to refine my fine arts, I also enjoy my family and friends, gardening, community work, touring museums and galleries playing golf and traveling.


Robert V. P. Davis
Most of my art reflects my life-long fascination with the inner self and the nature of humankind. Regardless of the subject, my work is characterized by a strong sense of color and a balance of lines, shapes and patterns that dance across the image plane. I begin with the initial idea and design, then abstract and purify it until I achieve a simplicity that is compelling in both content and shape. I am a versatile artist who has worked in mixed media and collage format throughout my career. Technique is important, but it is secondary to the concept.

Throughout my career I have used the female figure to express my feelings and thoughts. I have also experimented with various media "” painting with oil, acrylic and inks on vinyl, polyester and polyethylene. These works were inspired by Pop artists, particularly Andy Warhol.

My entire life I have struggled with dyslexia, not even learning until I was 32 years old why I had so much trouble spelling, reading, and writing. In mid-career I began using my art to bring attention to the subject by ...

Robert V. P. Davis studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a Diploma in Fine Arts Painting. My work as a painter, sculptor, designer and illustrator has been exhibited in Maryland, New York, Washington, D. C., Virginia, Pennsylvania, Norh Carolina, Chicago, Utah and Los Angeles, as well as in Sinop and Ankara, Turkey. I have received numerous awards over the years.Robert V. P. Davis /Short ResumeSelected Solo ExhibitionsBaltimore's Annual Open Studio Tour/sold artwork '88,'93,'97,'98,'99,'02,'03,'04, '05,'06Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Hoffberger Gallery in Baltimore, MDMaryland Art Place (MAP), Out of Order, Baltimore MDGrill Art, Diverse Art Through The Years, Baltimore MDSpike & Charlies, Dyslexia Through an Artist's Eye, Baltimore MDVaspa, Flowers Outside My Back Window, Baltimore MD Rockville Arts Place, Dyslexia Through an Artist's Eye, Rockville, MD Artshowcase Gallery, Five Solo Exhibitions, Baltimore MD The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Turner Auditorium, Dyslexia, Baltimore MD Artshowcase Gallery, Flowers Series, Baltimore MD Slayton House Gallery, Baltimore Streets, Columbia MD Gallery One, Western Maryland College, Drawings & Paintings,Westminster MD Hartman Galle...

Selected Solo Exhibitions
•Exhibit at The ArtHouse, A Salute To Music Makers, Baltimore, MD
•Baltimore’s Annual Open Studio Tour/sold artwork for eightteen years.
•Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Hoffberger Gallery, Where Have All The Trees Gone,Baltimore, MD
•Old Goucher Historic House & Studio Tour, 2521 N. Calvert Street Studio, Baltimore, MD
•Grill Art, Diverse Art Through The Years, Baltimore MD
•Spike & Charlies, Dyslexia Through an Artist’s Eye, Baltimore MD
•Vaspa, Flowers Outside My Back Window, Baltimore MD
•Rockville Arts Place, Dyslexia Through an Artist’s Eye, Rockville, MD
•Artshowcase Gallery, Five Solo Exhibitions, Baltimore MD
•The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Turner Auditorium, Dyslexia, Baltimore MD
•Artshowcase Gallery, Flowers Series, Baltimore MD
•Slayton House Gallery, Baltimore Streets, Columbia MD
•Gallery One, Western Maryland College, Drawings & Paintings,Westminster MD
•Hartman Gallery, Baltimore Spaces, Baltimore MD
•Foundry Gallery, Heritage, Washington DC
•Union Gallery, Towson State University, Figuratively Speaking, Baltimore MD
•Fells Point Gallery, Baltimore Streets, Baltimore MD