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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. The Last Firefly by Elijah Gowin, Image 1.

    Elijah Gowin

    The Last Firefly, 2024

    Artist book

    11 x 9.75 in (27.94 x 24.77 cm)

  2. Andre Heller by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Andre Heller, 1981

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  3. Rose Hill Church and Congregation, Vicksburg by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Rose Hill Church and Congregation, Vicksburg, 1975

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 17 in (27.94 x 43.18 cm)

  4. Tulip Table by Russell T. Gordon, Image 1.

    Russell T. Gordon

    Tulip Table, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    19.125 x 24.4375 in (48.58 x 62.07 cm)

  5. Figs by Mary Fedden, Image 1.

    Mary Fedden

    Figs, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    30.5 x 22.625 in (77.47 x 57.47 cm)

  6. Quartered Arc by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Quartered Arc, 1970

    Etching on paper

    23 x 15.875 in (58.42 x 40.32 cm)

  7. Passage by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Passage, 1969

    Acrylic on canvas

    49 x 60 x 1.75 in (124.46 x 152.4 x 4.45 cm)

  8. Intelligence Machine by Carmen Louis Cicero, Image 1.

    Carmen Louis Cicero

    Intelligence Machine, 1960

    Lithograph on paper

    16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 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.