Kollwitz.
A copy of an early self-portrait – unburdened by the cares weighing on later works. The original is in pen and ink so she must have nailed every stroke first time, every time – amazing. I must do more copies – an instructive exercise.
I was looking at “Raped” from The Peasants’ Revolt series when this image sprung to mind. That an imagined scene from a conflict in 1524 should evoke an all too real scene from Bucha, 2022 is… depressing. We’ve come so far and yet not
Colour pencil on Amazon parcel cardboard. I sanded back the work a number of times, partially because I wasn’t happy with it and partially to build texture and ghosting (thinking of Frank Auerbach and others).
Her name was Iryna Filkina. RIP Iryna.