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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Coffie Mug by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Coffie Mug, 2006

    Ink and pencil on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Don D Fore, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Don D Fore, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Clent Eastwoods, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Clent Eastwoods, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  4. Conway Twitty, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Conway Twitty, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  5. Conway Twitty, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Conway Twitty, 1999, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Depuday Shearff, 1998 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Depuday Shearff, 1998, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Cool Morning, 1999/20001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Cool Morning, 1999/20001

    Ink on paper

    11.75 x 9 in (29.85 x 22.86 cm)

  8. Clent Eastwood by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Clent Eastwood

    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.