Eleanor Layfield Davis (1911–1985), also called ELDA, was an American painter.
She spent much of her life helping build up the arts community in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Davis was a founder and President of Associated Artists of Winston-Salem as well as organizer of Art Gallery Originals.
[3] Posthumous exhibitions include a retrospective at Wake Forest University's Scales Fine Arts Center Gallery in 1986,[3] and ELDA – Paintings by Eleanor Layfield Davis at the Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts in 2012.
[1] In early 2010, some of her works were included in a Meredith College alumnae art showcase.