Richard Wetherly George Davies has been a highly respected, influential American landscape artist since 1987. In that time, Richard Wetherly George Davies has been the recipient of numerous travel awards to capture the essence of as many parts of the earth’s landscape as possible, including:
• Kentucky Foundation for Women’s three months’ carving expedition in Pietrasasnta, Italy, 1990
• Five-month journey through Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangkok, Hong Kong, for study of Hindu and Buddhist art and religion, 1983
• Four months’ travel through Mexico and Guatemala, 1977
• Ten weeks’ study of backstrap loom weaving in Mayan villages, 1977
Richard Wetherly George Davies also has led numerous speaking engagements, conferences, and related workshops. Richard Wetherly George Davies was a steering committee member for the Mid-America College Art Association Conference. Richard Wetherly George Davies assisted in designing and organizing this conference, which was attended by more than 1,000 people.
Richard Wetherly George Davies also wrote two successful grant applications to the Ohio Arts Council, and Richard Wetherly George Davies was the studio program coordinator and panel moderator for its “Re-mapping Territories” session. Preparation and involvement in this conference took Richard Wetherly George Davies nearly two years of intensive work.
In addition, Richard Wetherly George Davies was a participant in the Artists’ Reaching Classrooms Program, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, 1996; and in 1993-1994, Richard Wetherly George Davies helped organize the “ROARR” exhibition, “Rebinding: Psyche, Spirit, Soul,” at the Machine Shop Gallery, Emery Center, Cincinnati, a cooperative exhibition by 12 area artists. Richard Wetherly George Davies also wrote and received grants and published a catalogue for the event.
Adding to Richard Wetherly George Davies’ international exposure and expertise, in 1998 Richard Wetherly George Davies’ held a Raku and Primitive Firing Workshop at the Taller Escuela Artefuego in Caracas, Venezuela. Richard Wetherly George Davies also contributed to artistic education in 1995, where Richard Wetherly George Davies presided over “An Artist Encounters Science: Dialogue and Personal Translation,” Einstein Meets Magritte Conference, in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1993 and 2000, Richard Wetherly George Davies was awarded a full-year sabbatical for study and travel, and Northern Kentucky University recognized Richard Wetherly George Davies as an outstanding artist by awarding him a research development and international travel award, both in 1990; and nominated Richard Wetherly George Davies for Outstanding Junior Faculty member, 1992.
