+Steven Curtis Lance
Jul 10, 2004, 05:02 AM
Silkchen, what I like best about this drawing is its specificity. This looks like an actual and specific individual; there is nothing generic about this image, but rather it is a portrait of a complex and textured--Eliot might say "multifoliate"--personality. The image has personality. It is what I have heard called a "speaking" portrait.
Only a very accomplished artist can do what you have done in this image, namely, to create such specificity, such personality, such a "speaking" portrait. For this, the artist must have not only skill, but insight. This is an insightful image.
Thank you so much for posting this! I enjoy it; it is a very fine drawing.
All my love and respect to the artist!
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
AMOR VINCIT OMNIA