Camie Davis (b. 1977) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2002 from Cornish College of the Arts with a double major in drawing and painting. During that time she also attended the Seattle Realist Academy of Art, studying anatomy and figure drawing under Geoffrey Lawrence. She moved to New York in 2003 to study with Jacob Collins at his Water Street Atelier for three years. While there she also studied with Michael Grimaldi, Tony Ryder, Travis Schlatt, and Dan Thompson. She is currently assistant teaching at the Water Street Atelier.