Marion Peck Américaine, 1963
3 x 4 in
All your creatures, whether human of animal, have in common a special glance, eyes often wide open that express a lot. What do you want them to convey? "As they say, eyes are the windows of the soul. I would say that most of the time I am trying for the kind of neutral expression I find so wonderful in the art of the renaissance, where even a saint in the midst of martyrdom has a peaceful, faraway look in their eyes."