Meghan Beverly

Saatchi Art Profile – Draft

Meghan Beverly is an American contemporary painter based in North Carolina. Her work explores inner landscapes—spaces shaped not by geography, but by stillness, memory, and the subtle emotional climates that arise when one pauses long enough to truly see.

Beverly does not paint scenes as they appear, but as they are experienced. Her paintings emerge from moments of quiet awareness, when emotion is observed rather than expressed, and presence replaces narrative. What appears on the canvas is often a horizon, a river, a field of light—but these forms serve as thresholds, inviting the viewer into a contemplative state rather than a specific place.

Color is her primary language. Soft yet intentional, restrained yet luminous, her palette carries feeling without insisting on interpretation. Rather than dramatic gestures, her work offers a gentle openness—an atmosphere where emotion has settled, where time slows, and where the viewer can rest their attention. Each painting holds a sense of spaciousness, allowing silence, breath, and perception to coexist.

The act of painting itself is meditative. Beverly works intuitively, without pre-construction, allowing each piece to unfold through attention and respons...

Graduate Degree

-- Agora Gallery, New York, NY, International Art Competition Prize Exhibition
-- Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA Group Exhibition
-- Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA Group Exhibitions (2015–2018)
-- University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA Group Exhibition
-- Concord Art Association Gallery, Concord, MA Group Exhibition
-- Celestro Prize Winner
-- ArtSlant Showcase Winner
-- The Artist’s Magazine 28th Annual Art Competition Finalist