BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

     Davis Walter Morton IV was born in Bronxville, New York on August 24, 1948.  His childhood was spent in Bronxville and in Chevy Chase, Maryland.  He went to private schools in New York and Baltimore, until getting married at the age of sixteen.  At that time Morton started painting seriously, working full time, and going to high school then college at night.

     In 1969 he joined the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland.  He retired in 1989.  Of the twenty years spent as a policeman, Morton was a Detective for fourteen years working in the narcotics, robbery, sex, and homicide sections.  He was also the police artist for eighteen years.

     Since 1992 Morton has been able to devote all of his time to painting as his sole career.

EDUCATION

     Due to early responsibilities, Morton was unable to attend art school.  Other than one anatomy course, taken from Frank Wright at George Washington University in 1979, Morton is a self-taught artist.

     He received his Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from the University of Maryland in 1977.

     Since 1975 he has traveled yearly to visit the galleries and museums of Europe, Asia, South America and Africa to further his education.

  GALLERIES / AFFILIATIONS / EXHIBITIONS  (partial listing)

"American Arts Quarterly" Magazine (article published, Winter 2002)

"American Artist" Magazine (article, December 2000)

"America's Most Wanted" Washington, DC  (six drawings aired)

Antreasian Gallery, Baltimore Md. (show July 2005) www.antreasiangallery.com

Art Effects Gallery, Merion, PA.

Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC  (show 1997)

Art Network Group, Bethesda, MD (publisher)

The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA  (Realism show 2001)

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore, MD  (show 2001)

"Baltimore Magazine" ("Thames Street" published in article September 2005)

Beresford Gallery, Boyds, MD and Saratoga, New York

Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD

CNN "Wolf Blitzer Reports" (Live interview, October 2002)

Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA

David Adamson Editions, Washington, DC

Fine Arts and Artists, Washington, DC

Fellus Gallery, Washington, DC

Fisher Gallery, Washington, DC  (show 1997)

Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC

Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

"Hillrag" Magazine ("Tango #2 appeared on cover, February 2005)

Joseph Keiffer Inc., New York, New York  (Agent)

La Petite Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Mckissick Museum, Columbia, SC  ( shows1999, 2001 Norrell collection)

North Dakota Museum of Art  (show 2001)

Ontogeny, Potomac, MD  (Phyllis Beek-Agent)

Occidental Grill, Washington, DC  (show May 2001)

Pandion Gallery, Fishers Island, New York  ("Sporting Art" show)

Paper - Rock - Scissors Gallery, Baltimore MD

Portrait Representatives, Towson, MD  (Jean Trout-Agent)

Rablen West Gallery, Vero Beach, Florida  ("Polo Paintings" show)

Somerville-Manning Gallery, Greenville, Delaware

"US Artists" show, Philadelphia, PA  (Joseph Keiffer)

Veerhoff Gallery, Washington, DC

White Canvas Gallery, Richmond, VA  www.whitecanvasgallery.com

WTTG-FOX NEWS (Live interview, October 2002)

Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC  www.zenithgallery.com   margery@zenithgallery.com

     Presently, Morton is represented by the Zenith Gallery in Washington, DC, Art Effects Gallery in Merion, Pennsylvania, Antreasian Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland and White Canvas Gallery in Richmond, Virginia.