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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. William Dunlap, McLean, Va. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    William Dunlap, McLean, Va., 1982

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  2. Willie Dixon, Toad's Place, New Haven by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Willie Dixon, Toad's Place, New Haven, 1976

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 17 in (27.94 x 43.18 cm)

  3. B.B. King, Lucifer's Club, Boston by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    B.B. King, Lucifer's Club, Boston, 1976

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 17 in (27.94 x 43.18 cm)

  4. Reverend Isaac Thomas, Rose Hill Church, Fisher Ferry Road, Warren County, Mississippi, 1975 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Reverend Isaac Thomas, Rose Hill Church, Fisher Ferry Road, Warren County, Mississippi, 1975, 1975

    Chromogenic print

    16.25 x 24 in (41.28 x 60.96 cm)

  5. 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)

  6. Louvennia Willis and Nora (a neighbors' child), Route 1, Box 86, Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 1974 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Louvennia Willis and Nora (a neighbors' child), Route 1, Box 86, Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 1974, 1974

    Chromogenic print

    16.125 x 24 in (40.96 x 60.96 cm)

  7. Fire by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Fire, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 29.75 x 1.25 in (56.52 x 75.57 x 3.18 cm)

  8. Amanda Gordon, Rose Hill Church by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Amanda Gordon, Rose Hill Church, 1968

    Gelatin silver print

    17 x 11 in (43.18 x 27.94 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.