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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Lighten Up by Ce Scott-Fitts, Image 1.

    Ce Scott-Fitts

    Lighten Up, 1991

    Mixed media

    31.5 x 23.125 x 2.75 in (80.01 x 58.74 x 6.99 cm)

  2. Sankt Gottard Mainz I by Amy Namowitz Worthen, Image 1.

    Amy Namowitz Worthen

    Sankt Gottard Mainz I, 1982

    Engraving on paper

    14.5 x 12.75 in (36.83 x 32.39 cm)

  3. Fiore Noterno by Emilio Pucci, Image 1.

    Emilio Pucci

    Fiore Noterno, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    25.75 x 18.25 in (65.41 x 46.36 cm)

  4. Arc Within a Square VI by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Arc Within a Square VI, 1971

    Etching on paper

    24.75 x 17.875 in (62.87 x 45.4 cm)

  5. Portrait of a Frenchman by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    Portrait of a Frenchman, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    27.625 x 31.5 in (70.17 x 80.01 cm)

  6. Playing Field, in a Suburb, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney, Image 1.

    Alen MacWeeney

    Playing Field, in a Suburb, Dublin, 1963

    Archival pigment print

    13 x 19 in (33.02 x 48.26 cm)

  7. L'Artiste en Italie by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Image 1.

    Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

    L'Artiste en Italie, 1857

    Cliché-verre on paper mounted to board

    9.125 x 7.875 in (23.18 x 20.0 cm)

  8. Japanese Sashimono or Ai Jurishi Flags, Edo Period by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Japanese Sashimono or Ai Jurishi Flags, Edo Period, ca. 1615-1868

    Silk

    24 x 10 in (60.96 x 25.4 cm)

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About the artist

Adam Straus

American

b. 1956

American photographer and painter. Graduated in 1980 from the University of Florida with a degree in mathematics before continuing his studies at Florida State University’s Master’s program where he trained as a photographer and sculptor. Straus’s beginning work captures nocturnal landscapes inspired by his surroundings in Florida. Shifted to painting alongside move to New York City in 1990 and developed his signature style of natural landscapes framed by dark humor and social commentary. Passionate about the environment and creates work to raise concern about the ways in which modern culture alters the human relationship with the natural world. Straus’s first solo exhibition, “Greetings from Toxic Paradise”, 1993, was shown at the Nohra Haime Gallery, where he continues to be represented today.