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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee by William Villalongo, Image 1.

    William Villalongo

    Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee, 2020

    Acrylic, drinking gourds, beads, velvet flock, glitter flock, velour paper and pigment print mounted on hardboard

  2. Amazon Woman Beats Up James Harold Jennings by James Harold Jennings, Image 1.

    James Harold Jennings

    Amazon Woman Beats Up James Harold Jennings, 1992

    Carved and painted wood

    16 x 19.25 x 2 in (40.64 x 48.9 x 5.08 cm)

  3. Drum Serenade by Karin Batten, Image 1.

    Karin Batten

    Drum Serenade, 1992

    Acrylic on canvas

    36.25 x 38 in (92.08 x 96.52 cm)

  4. The Light That Burns by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    The Light That Burns, 1986

    Acrylic on canvas

    72 x 60 in (182.88 x 152.4 cm)

  5. Untitled by A.R. Ammons, Image 1.

    A.R. Ammons

    Untitled, 1977

    Watercolor and ink on Arches paper

    24 x 18 in (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

  6. Fishing Port in NC by Nadine Vartanian, Image 1.

    Nadine Vartanian

    Fishing Port in NC, 1971

    Watercolor on paper

    18.875 x 24 in (47.94 x 60.96 cm)

  7. Fraction by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Fraction, 1971

    Acrylic on canvas

    44.25 x 44.25 x 2.5 in (112.4 x 112.4 x 6.35 cm)

  8. Unknown title by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Unknown title, No date

    Acrylic on canvas

    24 x 22 in (60.96 x 55.88 cm)

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About the artist

Herb Jackson

American

b. 1945

American painter. Throughout Jackson's childhood he was a regular at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and won his first award for art in a juried exhibition there in 1962, as a teenager. He received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College in 1967 and three years later he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1969, while finishing up his graduate studies, Jackson began teaching at Davidson. He soon became the chair of the art department which he held for 16 years. He retired from teaching in 2011.

Jackson has had over 150 solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. He was included in the first exhibition of contemporary American art in the former Soviet Union and his work is in over 100 museums. He received the prestigious North Carolina Award by the State Governor. His paintings are built up in hundreds of layers and then scraped off as they are applied.