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faces of colored fields. The full impact of this picture, like most of the others, requires close examination to apprehend the textural differences of the colored areas.
While I did not find many of the pictures engaging, I must say that after studying the works in this exhibition, they have remained distinctly in my mind.
Don Earley’s “Man of Reason,” a drypoint, is one of the most naturalistic. It is a sensitively drawn negroid face, with long hair and a beard, shown at an angle. The figure holds a pen and suggests an oriental monk or hermit. One imagines it is a portrait.
“Angry Monkeys” is called “Unique impression linocut with hand coloring in arts and crafts frame,” by Mary Holland. It shows four brown to black, standing, schematic monkeys holding what look like breadfruit, perhaps ready to throw them.
A background of flowers and foliage in green, pink, red and chartreuse is quite a contrast to the severe expressions on the monkey’s faces. Why are they so angry?
Another schematic image is a linocut by Joan Gaustat entitled “Walkin.” A humanoid,
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