Talmadge Davis (1962–2005) was a Cherokee artist, who explored historical and military themes in his highly naturalistic paintings.
[1] Later in life, Talmadge painted a portrait of his grandmother, Sallie Toney Davis, Quiet Dignity: My Grandma.
The United States Military Academy at West Point commissioned a painting from him for the two hundredth anniversary of their founding.
[3] His painting, Walkabout-A Warrior's Spirit portrays a historical person, Billy Walkabout, a Cherokee full-blood who was the most highly decorated Indian veteran of the Vietnam War.
[3] Davis' work was part of a traveling exhibit that was featured at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC.