Mattie King Davis Art Gallery

07/22/2026

07/21/2026

A 2-acre site that depicts 18th & 19th century life in coastal Carolina. Located in Beaufort N.C.

07/15/2026

Jill Hunt is a painter who creates with oil, watercolor, acrylic and more. Her favorite subjects range widely from loose abstracts to figurative work and coastal scenes. Hunt’s paintings are characterized by her use of emotive color, reflecting a softness that invites the viewer into her meaningful pieces.

Hunt made the move to Raleigh, NC from Buffalo, NY after obtaining her degree in Art Education. She worked as an Art Educator in North Carolina for more than 20 years. In addition to teaching, she has owned a studio and gallery in Clayton, NC, was a resident artist of a gallery in downtown Raleigh for several years, and has exhibited throughout the state, including the Mattie King Davis Art Gallery, earning numerous awards for her paintings.

Hunt currently resides in Clayton and enjoys frequent visits to the Beaufort area.

Website:
jillhunteclecticart.com

Instagram:
Jill Hunt Art

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/jillhuntart/

07/01/2026

Richard Meyer is a self taught professional fine artist with seven years of experience from commissions to markets, local gallery presence, teaching and mural work.

Richard primarily works in oils, mixed media and charcoal, selling prints and originals at outdoor markets. He is currently featured in Durham and Beaufort, North Carolina, including the Mattie King Davis Gallery where these 3 paintings are available.

As a muralist, Richard has completed murals in North Carolina including Mebane, Carolina Beach, and in Hartford, Tennessee.

As an educator, Richard has taught in galleries, his studio space and regularly scheduled drawing classes for the Durham Arts Council. He runs a local urban sketching group and participates in a variety of live painting events around North Carolina.

Richard belongs to several art advocate groups including the Durham Arts Council (DAC), The Durham Arts Guild (DAG) and the Carteret County Arts Council and Fine Arts League of Cary (FALC).

https://www.richardkmeyer.com/

Richard Kris Meyer

06/17/2026

We will let Janet tell her story!:

“I take my inspiration from color, light, movement and the abstract within shapes. I will never tire of the amazing beauty around here. My husband and I take what we call meanders, poking down a road, going over another hill and waiting a few more moments for the change in light. The rewards are the works I paint, works that interpret the beauty of color, light and place. I was born and raised in central New England, where the mountains and rocks form the landscape.

Discouraged from becoming an artist, I eventually got closer by working as a graphic designer for local newspapers. I worked professionally for over 30 years in graphic design and as an art director in the building material, furniture and financial industries. But a painterly voice kept calling. I started out at the Worcester Art Museum school in my early 20’s before graphic design became my career. I then returned to the Worcester Art Museum many years later to take up painting. I became a Corporator at the Museum and was able to give back some of what was given to me. The classes and workshops created a foundation I’m still adding onto.

With my husband’s relocation for work, I am pursuing my art in North Carolina, quite a way from New England. Many of my paintings are from photos he has taken as we meander in this stunningly beautiful region. I have been challenging myself to paint and paint. The results are canvases that have gotten bigger, smaller, looser and more colorful.

Many thanks to the galleries that have shown my work and the friendship of so many artists and people I have met here in Eastern North Carolina.”

WEBSITES:
https://janetjaworskiart.com/
https://impressionsartgallery.com/

INSTAGRAM:
Janet Jaworski

06/10/2026

Lynda Harris graduated from NC State University with a Master’s in Landscape Architecture and has spent the last 30 years designing urban and commercial spaces, urban parks, and residential hardscapes and gardens. Although she drew with pen and rendered detailed landscape drawings and elevations with markers and pastel pencils, she never translated her talent into painting until recently.

Her passion for design and gardening has led to painting with a focus on landscapes and ones that many times include architectural elements. Lynda has studied with nationally known artists Rick McClure, John P**n, and Dan Beck. She continues to advance her techniques with artists Becky Patman Chandler, Leslie Pruneau and with classes at the studio/gallery of Nicole White Kennedy.