Chas Davis
Biography
Chas Davis has been a painter all of his life. He began printmaking in 1981as an apprentice to Master Printer Craig Steketee at Stonetraces in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and opened his own shop, Toxic Press, in 1986. Toxic Press evolved into ATDE Limited Editions when he moved to Rochester, NY in 1996. Chas ran the Printmaking studio at Rochester Institute of Technology for several years, and was the President of the Print Club of Rochester. He has taught at several colleges and given many workshops around the country. His main interest is Monotype, Intaglio, and Collagraph, which he currently teaches at Flower City Art Center, where he also manages the Print Studio.