Cassandra (self-portrait), charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 22 x 28

“Musicians  experience sensual enjoyment through the ear; with (artists)… the insatiable eye (is) always in heat, savoring endless pleasures.”

 Paul Gauguin, in a letter to Schuffenecker, September 1888, Pont-Aven. From The Writings of a Savage, Daniel Guerin, ed. Da Capo Press, 1996.