Richard Christopher Davis was born October 19, 1950 in Amite, Louisiana. His innate appreciation for the beauty of the natural landscape in probably a by-product of fulfilling the daily tasks of a farm boy on his parents' small dairy farm located on the upper Tickfaw River.

Being totally self-taught, Chris considers himself to be a "polished country primitive" whose work appeals to an underlying spirituality of the viewer. "They feel what I feel. When I paint an image....we share."