As I find additional links to my father's art I will post them into the blog. This website below is one my younger sister, Jenny Davis, created with my dad several years ago. This is a link to another blog about Arthur Kdav - Keith Davis
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As I go through examples of Arthur Kdav - Keith Davis' artwork I am amazed by the distinct changes in his "periods/phases" as he developed and changed as an artist. He built the frames and stretched the canvases for these acrylic paintings. I think as a family we know where one of these paintings now resides - the rest are scattered in homes all over. We would love to get posts from people who have these are on their walls in their homes! We want this to be a place for people to connect who have his work - would like to acquire his work - or are looking to sell his work.
Below is a letter that I will send out in the coming weeks to try and find some of people who have collected Arthur Kdav / Keith Davis artwork. It would be wonderful to track down some of his artwork so that as people want to grow their collections or sell some of their collection this blog can help facilitate those connections. Hello, my name is Anna Davis Waters. My father is Arthur Kdav (Keith Davis). He had been struggling with Parkinson’s Disease for many years and recently passed away. He continued to paint up through the last week of his life. The art kept him going as he battled to control his disease. I have a question for you, as a current or potential owner of his artwork. In the process of going through some of his things I have found a listing of some names and addresses of those who purchased his artwork in the past. Early in his career he used his given name, Keith Davis, and later he used the name Arthur Kdav for signing his artwork. I am reaching out because, I
ARTHUR KDAV KEITH DAVIS 1944 - 2020 " My canvases are a playground for shadow and light" BACKGROUND Arthur Kdav was born in Illinios and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. He earned a BA degree from Knox College in Galesburg, IL and continued his education as apprentice to New England painter Edward Fish in Marblehead, MA. Kdav resettled in the Midwest, setting up a studio where he produced etchings, engravings, and serigraph prints. In 1981, he developed a new medium, combining canvas, steel and acrylic paint. Kdav continues to create these original sculptural paintings in his studio in rural Wisconsin. He continued to paint until he passed away, he completed his last masterpiece the week of his death. Exhibitions Anderson and Anderson, Minneapolis Cumberland Gallery, Nashville Hangup Gallery, Sarasota Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Xochipilli Gallery, Detroit Judith Posner Gallery, Milwaukee Ann Jacob Gallery, Atlanta Martin Sc