The work captured the attention of New York City cultural figure Lincoln Kirstein, who helped Davies attain showings of his early works in 1950 at the Hewitt Gallery.
He also received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship that year.
His first solo show was at the Hewitt Gallery in 1951, and every painting sold.
During his forty years there, he taught such notable artists as Joseph Reboli;[5] and eventually became the dean.
[4] Davies' labor-intensive technique involves sable brushes, resulting in paintings that appear almost like photographs, but with trompe-l'œil and Surrealist effects.