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In sharp contrast to Tom Spande’s figure is Judith Einstman’s “Punch and Judy,” a colorful pastel on paper, a self portrait, I suspect. But again, the emphasis is on the picture, not dramatically on the “self.” Einstman draws a shaded profile of an amused young woman with the fingers of her left hand on - her lips, gazing at the wicked, ugly face of a Punch puppet she holds before her on her right hand.
One imagines the fun she is having composing a play she will perform. How much of herself will she put into the show? How much of what she thinks of men? Will it tell children a story they can empathize with or will it be a satire for her friends?
Review
The colors of this picture remind me of the strong feelings and violence associated with Punch and Judy. Punch is dressed in an orange blouse with an orange, pointed, tasseled cap, the long point tossed forward. A yellow, jaggedly pointed collar is at his throat and the same trim binds the rim of his hat.
Stronger orange panels behind the figures might suggest a sympathetic feeling for Punch in Judy’s mind.
Judy’s most conspicuous feature is a straw hat decorated with artificial flowers and leaves. This . fanciful piece of apparel speaks of
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