Davis made woodcuts for several years until her desire to use different textures led her to take up new tools. She studied etching at the Corcoran, lithography at Pratt, and eventually photo etching at Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center. Presently her vocabulary in the studio includes etching, photo etching, aquatint and monotypes. Her images are primarily abstract and demonstrate her interest in layer and line. The work is an invigorating synthesis of beautiful tones, exquisite edge and sensuality used in engrossing compositions.

Davis’s recent work reveals a dynamic interplay between ink and mineral spirits, a layered dialogue made when mark and tone, temperature and texture, and light and scale are employed to prompt a discussion between the picture’s plastic surface and an abstract image space typically reserved for painters.

Davis, originally from Virginia, has made her home in Provincetown since 1980. She has been active in efforts to keep Provincetown alive as a vibrant community where art making and teaching are encouraged, including an involvement with the Fine Arts Work Center where she is now President of FAWC’s Board of Trustees. She also serves on the board of the Provincetown Conservation Trust and has a well-deserved reputation as a dedicated and talented gardener.

Her work is represented in collections in Washington, New York (where she has had several shows at the Cortland Jessup Gallery) and Boston, in addition to Cape Cod.