Looking in the mirror: images of abnormally developed infants.
Observational drawing provides a means of focusing on anomalous infant bodies. Time required by drawing connects the artist to the humanity of the subjects rather than to the deformities that make them, initially, frightening.
Starr
Ann
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annstarr@sbcglobal.net
D001154:Art; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008488:Medical Illustration