Those Eyes, 2024, acrylic on wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.44 x 60.96 cm.

Those Eyes, Cathy Wilkin, 2024, acrylic on wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.44 x 60.96 cm.

I needed, I NEEDED, to paint the way I was feeling - burned out, angry, and holding on by my finger nails. The woman in the mask with the unseeing eyes has a surface calm, a zombie like calm. The young child represents a barely contained anger that is ready to erupt with an unstoppable spew of lava.