Talmadge Davis was a Cherokee artist, who explored historical and military themes in his highly naturalistic paintings.
Background
Talmadge Davis was born May 30, 1962. His paternal grandmother was full-blood Cherokee traditionalist and midwife, Sallie Toney Davis (1895–1988), the great-great-granddaughter of Sequoyah.
Career
He served in the United States Army from 1983 to 1987 in Germany. He died on November 3, 2005 of a Heart Aneurysm and was buried at Fort Gibson Oklahoma National Cemetery.