Davis was a lifelong resident of Washington, DC and founding member of the Washington
Color School, a group of similarly - minded color field painters from the area that included Kenneth Noland and Morris L
Color School, a
group of
similarly - minded
color field painters from the area that included Kenneth Noland and Morris L
color field painters from the area that included Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis.
Similarly, the two vividly
colored paintings from the 1990s at Cheim & Read (both called «Trees» and dated 1990 - 91) as well as the churning «Cypresses» from 1975 (which, like 1964's «First Cypress,» employs chrome green and black) concentrate more on their own making than on outside indicators, as slashing brushstrokes coagulate into
groupings of unstable forms while carving out deep recesses of space.