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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Figure III by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Figure III, 2007

    Solar plate etching

    9.75 x 7.75 in (24.77 x 19.69 cm)

  2. Pete Seeger, San Francisco, Calif. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Pete Seeger, San Francisco, Calif., 1990

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  3. Aurelia Young and Margaret Walker, Oxford, Miss. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Aurelia Young and Margaret Walker, Oxford, Miss., 1988

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  4. William Eggleston, Oxford, Miss. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    William Eggleston, Oxford, Miss., 1986

    Gelatin silver print

    13.5 x 9 in (34.29 x 22.86 cm)

  5. "Vernalia," Reganton, Mississippi, 1979 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    "Vernalia," Reganton, Mississippi, 1979, 1979

    Chromogenic print

  6. Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Conn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Conn., 1978

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  7. Hubert Hamblett portrait by Theora Hamblett, Oxford, Mississippi, August, 1975 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Hubert Hamblett portrait by Theora Hamblett, Oxford, Mississippi, August, 1975, 1975

    Color photography

  8. Lee Cooper and Joe Cooper, Kent's Alley, Leland, Mississippi, 1974 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Lee Cooper and Joe Cooper, Kent's Alley, Leland, Mississippi, 1974, 1974

    Chromogenic print

    16.125 x 24 in (40.96 x 60.96 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.