Artificial Memory

The portfolio of Nathaniel Davis.

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Hello.

I'm Nathaniel Davis, an artist and design­er from Chica­go. Orig­i­nal­ly from New Jer­sey, I have a BFA in print­mak­ing from the Atlanta Col­lege of Art. 

Con­tact me at hi@​natdavis.​com.

Self portrait of Nathaniel Davis
  • Painting of a girl in a wolf mask.
    Wolf
  • Painting of a gray tabby cat with big eyes. An ear of corn floats above her head, and a woman in a giant yellow wig sits behind her.
    Waffle
  • Painting of a figure with a blank expression staring at a screen displaying a crude drawing of teeth.
    Untitled (Witness)
  • Painting of a screen displaying downward-facing arrows.
    Untitled (TV)
  • Painting of a figure with a blank expression, with downward-facing arrows behind the eyes.
    Untitled (Memory)
  • Green, heavily-textured abstract painting. There are four thick vertical pencil lines bisected by a long horizontal line.
    Teeth
  • Painting of an abstract figure with an expressionless face. Above, downward-facing arrows cover the sky. Behind the figure, a red sun radiates light.
    Untitled (Sun)
  • Heavily-textured abstract painting. A crude pencil drawing depicts leaves breaking through a surface.
    Sprout
  • Abstract painting of a sleeping cat.
    Sleepy Kitty
  • Heavily-textured abstract painting with a green background. Four seeds are drawn in pencil. Each is half yellow-green and half rust-colored.
    Seeds
  • Abstract painting of an expressionless figure in a circle. The circle is surrounded by outward-facing arrows.
    Protection
  • Simple painting of an abstract pink pig.
    Piggy
  • Painting with a heavily-textured abstract background. In the foreground is a girl in a blue dress, wearing cat ears and holding a gray cat. To the girl's left float three fish, stacked vertically. The top and bottom fish are orange. The middle fish is white.
    Catfish
  • Painting of a girl in an orange coat and red shoes. Her hand is outstretched, and she is wearing a cat mask. The heavily-textured background is mostly green and black, with a gold glow behind the girl's head.
    Orange Kitty
  • Abstract painting and collage of a mummy on a textured background. The mummy's teeth are emphasized with thick lines of white paint.
    Untitled (Teeth)
  • Abstract painting and collage of a mummy that appears to be asleep.
    Untitled (Sleep)
  • Abstract painting and collage of two mummies. One, dressed in religious garments, including a pointed hat, faces the viewer. The other, in profile, is tinted red and has bandaged hands and forearms.
    Untitled (The Boxing Mummy vs. the Pope)
  • Abstract painting of a brown horse standing in green grass against a textured white and yellow background. The word horse is written in pencil in the sky.
    Horse
  • Abstract painting of a brown horse in a green field at night. Tiny white stars dot the sky.
    Mr. Horse in the Evening
  • Abstract painting of an expressionless figure. It reaches toward a series of arrows rising from the bottom of the canvas.
    Untitled
  • Abstract painting of a white cat with brown stripes on a rust-colored background.
    Kitty
  • Multi-color etching of abstract heads with large teeth growing from the ground. Behind them is a string of plants and upward-facing arrows growing like grass. The left of the image is covered by right-facing arrows. To the right of the arrows, the words teeth and halo are stacked. Dotted lines point up behind the figures.
    Teeth (Halo)
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    Untitled
  • Black and white photograph from the 1930s of a man wearing glasses. The background is painted red and brown, and the entire thing is textured and appears dirty.
    Urban III
  • Black and white photograph from the 1930s of a man with a mustache. The background is painted red and gold, and the entire thing is textured and appears dirty.
    Urban II
  • Black and white photograph from the 1930s of a woman. The background is painted gold and red, and the entire thing is textured and appears dirty.
    Urban I (Gretl)
  • Vertical painting. An abstract, expressionless figure and a gray cat ride a red magic carpet that floats above a series of upward-facing arrows.
    Escape
  • Abstract painting. The background is primarily yellow and brown. Red and brown steaks the bottom, and three red vertical lines overlay everything.
    Dust
  • Abstract image of a figure with a pointed, crown-like head on a yellow background.
    Crown
  • Abstract painting of a cow.
    Cow
  • Abstract painting of an expressionless figure within a scribbled circle. The circle is surrounded by outward-facing arrows.
    Untitled (Cocoon)
  • Painting and collage of an abstract figure in a scribbled circle. The circle is inside of a yellow gear with a scribbled background. The gear is cut from the page of a book with the text showing through the paint.
    Untitled (Germination)
  • Abstract painting of a chicken.
    Chicken
  • Abstract pinging of a tiny yellow bird. Clouds and the word bird are drawn in pencil.
    Bird
  • Painting and collage on a book page of an expressionless figure with downward facing arrows behind its eyes. An Egyptian boat is collaged in the bottom, and words bad and wrong are highlighted in the book text.
    Untitled (Memory)
  • Untitled (Down)
    Untitled (Down)
  • Untitled (Kitty)
    Untitled (Kitty)
  • Untitled
    Untitled
  • Untitled (Self)
    Untitled (Self)
  • Untitled (Television)
    Untitled (Television)
  • Horses
    Horses
  • Heavily-textured abstract painting. The background is primarily red and yellow. A series of upward-facing arrows are drawn in pencil.
    Arrows
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Painting of a girl in a wolf mask.

Wolf

5" x 7" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting of a gray tabby cat with big eyes. An ear of corn floats above her head, and a woman in a giant yellow wig sits behind her.

Waffle

24" x 36" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting of a figure with a blank expression staring at a screen displaying a crude drawing of teeth.

Untitled (Witness)

4" x 4" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting of a screen displaying downward-facing arrows.

Untitled (TV)

4" x 4" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting of a figure with a blank expression, with downward-facing arrows behind the eyes.

Untitled (Memory)

4" x 4" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Green, heavily-textured abstract painting. There are four thick vertical pencil lines bisected by a long horizontal line.

Teeth

5" x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting of an abstract figure with an expressionless face. Above, downward-facing arrows cover the sky. Behind the figure, a red sun radiates light.

Untitled (Sun)

8" x 10" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Heavily-textured abstract painting. A crude pencil drawing depicts leaves breaking through a surface.

Sprout

5" x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting of a sleeping cat.

Sleepy Kitty

20" x 10" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Heavily-textured abstract painting with a green background. Four seeds are drawn in pencil. Each is half yellow-green and half rust-colored.

Seeds

5" x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting of an expressionless figure in a circle. The circle is surrounded by outward-facing arrows.

Protection

5"x 7" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Simple painting of an abstract pink pig.

Piggy

4" x 4" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting with a heavily-textured abstract background. In the foreground is a girl in a blue dress, wearing cat ears and holding a gray cat. To the girl's left float three fish, stacked vertically. The top and bottom fish are orange. The middle fish is white.

Catfish

5"x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting of a girl in an orange coat and red shoes. Her hand is outstretched, and she is wearing a cat mask. The heavily-textured background is mostly green and black, with a gold glow behind the girl's head.

Orange Kitty

5" x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting and collage of a mummy on a textured background. The mummy's teeth are emphasized with thick lines of white paint.

Untitled (Teeth)

22" x 30" Mixed media on paper

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Abstract painting and collage of a mummy that appears to be asleep.

Untitled (Sleep)

22" x 30" Mixed media on paper

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Abstract painting and collage of two mummies. One, dressed in religious garments, including a pointed hat, faces the viewer. The other, in profile, is tinted red and has bandaged hands and forearms.

Untitled (The Boxing Mummy vs. the Pope)

22" x 30" Mixed media on paper

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Abstract painting of a brown horse standing in green grass against a textured white and yellow background. The word horse is written in pencil in the sky.

Horse

9" x 12" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting of a brown horse in a green field at night. Tiny white stars dot the sky.

Mr. Horse in the Evening

10" x 12" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting of an expressionless figure. It reaches toward a series of arrows rising from the bottom of the canvas.

Untitled

5" x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting of a white cat with brown stripes on a rust-colored background.

Kitty

4" x 4" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Multi-color etching of abstract heads with large teeth growing from the ground. Behind them is a string of plants and upward-facing arrows growing like grass. The left of the image is covered by right-facing arrows. To the right of the arrows, the words teeth and halo are stacked. Dotted lines point up behind the figures.

Teeth (Halo)

9" x 4" Etching

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Untitled

Untitled

4" x 7" Etching

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Black and white photograph from the 1930s of a man wearing glasses. The background is painted red and brown, and the entire thing is textured and appears dirty.

Urban III

2" x 3" Acrylic and gold leaf on photograph

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Black and white photograph from the 1930s of a man with a mustache. The background is painted red and gold, and the entire thing is textured and appears dirty.

Urban II

2" x 2" Acrylic and gold leaf on photograph

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Black and white photograph from the 1930s of a woman. The background is painted gold and red, and the entire thing is textured and appears dirty.

Urban I (Gretl)

2" x 2" Acrylic and gold leaf on photograph

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Vertical painting. An abstract, expressionless figure and a gray cat ride a red magic carpet that floats above a series of upward-facing arrows.

Escape

6" x 12" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting. The background is primarily yellow and brown. Red and brown steaks the bottom, and three red vertical lines overlay everything.

Dust

12" x 6" Acrylic on canvas

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Abstract image of a figure with a pointed, crown-like head on a yellow background.

Crown

5" x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting of a cow.

Cow

4" x 4" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Abstract painting of an expressionless figure within a scribbled circle. The circle is surrounded by outward-facing arrows.

Untitled (Cocoon)

5" x 5" Acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Painting and collage of an abstract figure in a scribbled circle. The circle is inside of a yellow gear with a scribbled background. The gear is cut from the page of a book with the text showing through the paint.

Untitled (Germination)

8" x 8" Mixed media and collage on paper

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Abstract painting of a chicken.

Chicken

4" x 4" Acrylic and Pencil on canvas

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Abstract pinging of a tiny yellow bird. Clouds and the word bird are drawn in pencil.

Bird

24" x 24" Acrylic and Pencil on Canvas

For Sale
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Painting and collage on a book page of an expressionless figure with downward facing arrows behind its eyes. An Egyptian boat is collaged in the bottom, and words bad and wrong are highlighted in the book text.

Untitled (Memory)

2.5" x 3.5" Mixed Media on Paper

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Untitled (Down)

Untitled (Down)

2.5" x 3.5" Mixed Media on Paper

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Untitled (Kitty)

Untitled (Kitty)

2.5" x 3.5" Mixed Media on Paper

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Untitled

Untitled

2.5" x 3.5" Mixed Media on Paper

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Untitled (Self)

Untitled (Self)

2.5" x 3.5" Mixed Media on Paper

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Untitled (Television)

Untitled (Television)

2.5" x 3.5" Mixed Media on Paper

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Horses

Horses

18" x 12" Acrylic and Pencil on Canvas

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Heavily-textured abstract painting. The background is primarily red and yellow. A series of upward-facing arrows are drawn in pencil.

Arrows

5" x 5" Acrylic & Pencil on Canvas

© 2025 Nathaniel Davis.