Jay Davis paints Louisiana: bayous at daybreak, cypress trees, the way light haze moves across water. He works out of a studio in downtown Monroe, and his paintings range from small botanical studies to large panoramic landscapes.
Before painting full time, Davis spent over a decade as a lead animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. That work shaped how he thinks about composition and staging. He studied architecture at LSU, which shows up in his design work.
In recent years, his work has expanded into larger public projects, including murals for Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo and The Best Is Yet To Come, a bayou landscape painted for guest rooms at The Hotel Monroe (part of Hilton's Tapestry Collection). Davis takes on commissions and larger projects alongside his gallery work.
