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Julyan Davis, 'River Landscape,' circa 2004. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Brunk Auctions.

Julyan Davis paintings featured in Appalachian Ballads exhibit

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Julyan Davis, 'River Landscape,' circa 2004. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Brunk Auctions.
Julyan Davis, ‘River Landscape,’ circa 2004. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Brunk Auctions.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) – An art exhibit celebrating the music of the Appalachian Mountains is on display in Myrtle Beach.

The exhibit entitled Appalachian Ballads opens on Sunday at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum at the south end of Myrtle Beach’s waterfront.

The exhibition runs through March 16 and features 15 large-scale paintings by British artist Julyan Davis.

The focus of the paintings is on Appalachian love songs and murder ballads. Davis has painted in the American South for two decades and currently lives in Asheville, N.C.

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