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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. No More Q and A by Mark Thomas Gibson, Image 1.

    Mark Thomas Gibson

    No More Q and A, 2020

    Ink on paper

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  2. Charlie Ritch, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Charlie Ritch, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Mixed Encounter with Blue by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Mixed Encounter with Blue, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  4. Untitled (Beach Scene) by Hans Hofmann, Image 2.

    Hans Hofmann

    Untitled (Beach Scene), 1935

    India ink on paper

    8.25 x 10.75 in (20.96 x 27.31 cm)

  5. Gene's Weather Forcast, 20010/20011 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gene's Weather Forcast, 20010/20011

    Ink on paper

  6. Batter Orped Clock, 2006-2007 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Batter Orped Clock, 2006-2007

    Ink on paper

    14.625 x 9.125 in (37.15 x 23.18 cm)

  7. Alice on the Go to Office by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Alice on the Go to Office

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Tenesee Earney Ford, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Tenesee Earney Ford, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

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About the artist

Gene Merritt

American

1936–2015

Gene Merritt was an American artist based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, who never left his home state after suffering from brain damage as a boy. He was self-taught, and his access to the external world came primarily through television. Therefore, much of his work was centered around the celebrity phenomenon, with portraits being drawn from memory or otherwise loosely based off of celebrities seen in film or on TV. He began drawing in 1992, and primarily used ballpoint pen to piece together fragments of the celebrity’s figure like a puzzle. His work is noted in the Collection de l’Art Brut.