ARTISTS AMONG US 2002

A SPECIAL MEMORIAL
for
Earl E. Davis Jr.

Earl E. Davis Jr. was a Philadelphia journalist and artist, and a dear friend of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. We are forever in his debt for his design of the organization's logo (shown on this page).

He was a graphic artist whose page designs and illustrations enlivened The Inquirer's Sunday Magazine for more than 20 years. He grew up in Philadelphia and began his newspaper career in 1962, three years after serving in the Army. He first designed ads for the Philadelphia Daily News, and in 1975 joined the staff of Today Magazine, which is now the Inquirer Sunday Magazine. He designed magazine pages, illustrated stories and created covers. He retired in 1993.

Earl's artistic medium was oils, but he also painted in watercolor and experimented with unusual media, including plaster gauze. He created some landscapes, but he spent most of his time painting people. At Bright Hope Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, he taught art to children at the church's Saturday enrichment program. He also designed church brochures and programs.

Earl passed away in November 2000.

View sample pieces of Davis' painting and sculpture.

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