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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Luz en el Chorrillo by Alfredo Sinclair, Image 1.

    Alfredo Sinclair

    Luz en el Chorrillo, 2007

    Mixed media and collage on canvas

    24 x 20 in (60.96 x 50.8 cm)

  2. Late Summer Field in the Mountains by Robert Johnson, Image 1.

    Robert Johnson

    Late Summer Field in the Mountains, 2001

    Acrylic and oil on panel

    8 x 12 in (20.32 x 30.48 cm)

  3. Pope Pall, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Pope Pall, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Hammerhead by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Hammerhead, 1986

    Acrylic on canvas

    60 x 108 in (152.4 x 274.32 cm)

  5. Modesto Arch, Modesto California by Robert Dawson, Image 1.

    Robert Dawson

    Modesto Arch, Modesto California, 1986

    Gelatin silver print

    14.25 x 17.625 in (36.2 x 44.77 cm)

  6. Proto Ann Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Proto Ann Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  7. Fall of Troy by Stanley William Hayter, Image 1.

    Stanley William Hayter

    Fall of Troy, 1979

    Engraving on paper

    15.75 x 11.5 in (40.01 x 29.21 cm)

  8. Chinatown by Chryssa, Image 1.

    Chryssa

    Chinatown, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    38.25 x 31.25 in (97.16 x 79.38 cm)

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About the artist

Will Petersen

American

1928-1994

American master painter, printer, and cartoonist. He was also a poet, an abstract expressionist, and a Beat Era painter born in Chicago, Illinois. He acted in Japanese B-movies and was the owner of Evanston's Plucked Chicken Press, which he started with his third wife. In 1952, he was drafted by the US Army and sent to Korea, then to Hokkaido, Japan. He learned the art of calligraphy under Master Tahaa and fell in love with ancient Noh plays, as he continued to perform in a troupe while teaching English at Japanese colleges and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. He then moved back to United States to teach drawing at Ohio State University with his family. After divorcing his Japanese wife, he married Cynthia Archer, a printmaking graduate from Wester Virginia University, where he taught as the head of the printmaking department. In his remaining years until his death in 1994, he solely focused on his own works.