Jeffrey Stuart Erickson

(Oregon Coast -- photo by Marcia Focht)

Born:

Urbana, Illinois, 1950.

Married:

Linda (Yachnes) of the borough of Brooklyn, New York, 1981.

(Loch Norman Highland Games -- photo by Luz Aveleyra)

(Nags Head in Winter -- photo by Philip Erickson)

Studies:

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.B. in art history, 1972) -- "the best of times. . . the worst of times";

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois (M.F.A. in painting, 1981).

Jobs:

1992 - present: Curator of Slide Collection, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina;

1981 - 1992: Assistant Slide Librarian, Henry Hope School of Fine Art, Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana;
 

(wall tiles in mihrab of 14th century mosque of Cheykhoun)

Worth considering:

"Beauty is objective, residing in the artefact and not in the spectator, who may or may not be qualified to recognize it."

(Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, two above citations)

"God is beautiful, and He loves beauty."

(a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad)

(ceramic niche from 16th century mosque of Ibrahim Agha)

Photographs

Paintings and pastels