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Daniel Jackson and Scott Alan McClurg

December 3, 2020 - January 31, 2021

Opening Reception:
Friday, December 4 | 4 - 8 PM

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Daniel Jackson
”This experimental new series is comprised of abstract interventions with found art objects, or more precisely, paint-by-numbers paintings. I am inspired by the limited palette and simplification of forms found in paint-by numbers paintings, they are an abstraction in themselves but live somewhere between flat localized colors and illusionistic space. The paintings may be hung sideways, upside down or may be elements of paintings collaged together to allow myself to start seeing the abstract “core” of the painting. Then, by painting directly on the surface of the painting in a flat abstract manner the illusion of depth is further degraded into passages of pure abstraction and moments of familiar three dimensional rendering. Formally the work is a re-interpretation using a similar set of tools and vocabulary to the original inspiration. The language of simple forms, limited palette and clearly defined pools of color run through both of the works in a way that hopefully ties them together as a single cohesive work.”

Daniel Jackson has been exhibiting painting and photography nationally for over 25 years in galleries and museums. He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelors in Fine Arts and received his Masters of Studio Arts from the University of Delaware. He has received the established professional fellowship in Painting and Photography from the Delaware Division of the Arts as well as the Joan Mitchell Graduate Fellowship.

Scott McClurg
”I received my BFA in printmaking and ceramics in 1995 from the University of Delaware. I did not study photography much in school, but my grandfather was a photographer, as are my father and sister. So, it's a family tradition. I can't tell you how much I've learned from my father.

“I became interested in photography with the digital revolution around 2000. I found photography to be a spontaneous medium that enabled me to create rich, abstract images while revealing details that are difficult to see with the naked eye. Over the years, my subject matter has evolved. As I began photographing wildlife, I became interested in capturing the personalities of the animals, not merely their abstract beauty. This has enabled me to create images that are engaging on many emotional levels while retaining many abstract qualities.

“I have maintained a studio and exhibited at the Delaware Contemporary since they opened their facility on the Wilmington Riverfront in 1999.”

Elizabeth Denison Hatch Gallery