Tuesday, May 11, 2010

CARYATID/ a wax etching on paper/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION




                                              
                                                   Caryatid
                                                   1984
                                                   by Eric Whollem
                                                   wax etching on paper
                                                   Collection of the artist
                                                   6" x 9"
                                                                           Copyright by the artist        

The Human Form

Marc Chagall's otherworldly use of color always
intrigued me. The viewer will recognize what I
mean here, noting the blue face of the Caryatid.

This work was created using a blunted linoleum
cutter as a palette knife. I engraved through thick
layers of pigmented wax,  expressionistically
modelling this figure.

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