Ursula Brodauf-Craig was born in Gruenhainichen, Germany in 1926. At the age of 14 she apprenticed under master woodcarver Emil Helbig. In the early 1950’s, she attended the Master School of Art in West Berlin where the faculty included sculptors Klakow, Seitz, Sintenis and Van Verkerk, and visiting members of the famous Bauhaus School. In additon to her studies, she worked as a stage set designer for Colorphone Agfa Film Company, which inspired her to immigrate to the United States. In 1955 Ursula emigrated to the United States, settling in Salt Lake City. For the next half-century she invested her life to family, sculpture, and photography.

Davis works primarily with wood and bronze, sometimes in clay. She has been commissioned for public and private works, including the U.S. Film Festival, and has exhibited her work almost every year since 1982. She has been the recipient of much recognition for her work as a sculptor including the North American Sculpture Award.

Her wood sculptures of cats, dogs, horses, and inanimate objects are staples at Phillips Gallery in Salt Lake City. Her work can also be seen at Coda Galleries in Palm Desert and Park City, Meyer East Gallery in Santa Fe, Gallery B in Lexington, KY., Torrey Gallery, in Torrey, UT.

Silvia L. Davis was born in Cupertino, California to Swedish immigrants and moved to Salt Lake City at the age of 9. She received her BFA and MFA sculpture degrees at the University of Utah.