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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. The Road to Nowhere, # 8 by Marti Corn, Image 1.

    Marti Corn

    The Road to Nowhere, # 8, 2017

    Archival pigment print

    13 x 12.9375 in (33.02 x 32.86 cm)

  2. James Garner, 02 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    James Garner, 02, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Reolistic Films, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Reolistic Films, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  4. Mary Ellen Mark

    Two Girls in Dresses on Lawn, Miami, from the portfolio "In America", 1986

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

  5. Pillow Jungle by Hunt Slonem, Image 1.

    Hunt Slonem

    Pillow Jungle, 1980

    Silkscreen on paper

    26 x 29.375 in (66.04 x 74.61 cm)

  6. Route 25 West by Jack Eaker, Image 1.

    Jack Eaker

    Route 25 West, 1979

    Color lithograph on paper

    29.375 x 21 in (74.61 x 53.34 cm)

  7. Lincoln Spa, from RISD Portfolio by Paul Hester, Image 1.

    Paul Hester

    Lincoln Spa, from RISD Portfolio, 1974

    Gelatin silver print mounted to drawing board

    6.125 x 9.125 in (15.56 x 23.18 cm)

  8. Chance and Order V by Kenneth Martin, Image 1.

    Kenneth Martin

    Chance and Order V, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    27 x 27 in (68.58 x 68.58 cm)

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About the artist

William Melton Halsey

American

1915-1999

William Melton Halsey was an abstract expressionist painter whose work was influential in the American southeast, particularly in his home state of South Carolina. Halsey studied at the University of South Carolina and later at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Alexander Lacovleff and Karl Zerbe. He taught at the Gibbes Art Gallery and the Charleston School of Art, and founded the Studio Art Department at the College of Charleston. Halsey credits the area he grew up in, Charleston, SC, as a source of inspiration in his artwork. Halsey stands out as the southern artist who pioneered a style of appreciation for the abstract in a region steeped in realism. He is known for his paintings, collages, and sculptures that are full of explosive colors, geometric shapes, textures, fabrics, and materials.