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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    13 x 9.625 in (33.02 x 24.45 cm)

  2. Prometheus by John W. Kelley, Image 1.

    John W. Kelley

    Prometheus, 1990

    Graphite, sanguine chalk, white and black chalk on taupe paper

    24 x 16 in (60.96 x 40.64 cm)

  3. Ceres a la Place de Fontaigne, Hommage a Claude Lorrain by Raoul Dufy, Image 1.

    Raoul Dufy

    Ceres a la Place de Fontaigne, Hommage a Claude Lorrain, 1932

    Gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper

    14 x 16 in (35.56 x 40.64 cm)

  4. 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)

  5. Ice Burg Pinguin, 20005/20006 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Ice Burg Pinguin, 20005/20006

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Doris, My First Cusan by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Doris, My First Cusan

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Carlin Helper at Pilgrims Inns by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Carlin Helper at Pilgrims Inns

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Just a Hard Working Man by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Just a Hard Working Man

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.375 in (27.94 x 21.27 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.