Sketchbook 2, Image 9

Sketchbook 2, Image 9

This incredibly expressive image shows the culmination of several tendencies that can be found throughout this sketchbook. Firstly it can be read as the move into the expressive from the naturalistic, a transition which occurred gradually over the course of this sketchbook and the end of the previous one. As a product of this process the sketch seems to be much more rapid, yet also more selective. Unlike the image 7, there is no attempt to create shadows to highlight the expressiveness of the character, but rather Parsons has adopted the gesture and the basic facial features to highlight the emotion that exists beyond the image. In a way, this can be read as a moving away from the purely retinal image towards something much more evocative and implied.

Eunice Parsons

Eunice Parsons Papers

1958-1960

8.5" x 10.5"