Michael A Davis

BIOGRAPHY
Michael A. Davis
Mike is a native of Colorado and has resided in Palisade, CO, since 1991. His family was in the ranching business and he grew up near small towns like Carbondale, Silt and Mesa in western Colorado. He graduated from Rifle High School in 1970 and attended the University of Colorado from 1970 to 1973 on a Navy Scholarship.

He married his wife Linda (a Palisade native) in September of 1973 and their daughter Tara was born in 1979. He started his own construction firm in 1975 and stayed in the construction field until he retired from FCI Constructors, Inc. (an ENR top 400 Company) in 2014 as their chief estimator of 15 years.

His love of art began in his early teens, working in graphite, colored pencil, oil and acrylic mediums, but it was always something he did sporadically as a pastime. In the spring of 2009 while touring the local art galleries, he became fascinated with the translucence of watercolor paintings. It was a medium he had never worked with. That afternoon he bought paper, brushes and paint and practiced strokes, different blends and applications. In September he joined the Western Colorado Watercolor Society (WCWS). In December he entered his second watercolor painting "Canna...