The Skull
Richard Pence
Acrylic and crackle medium on canvas
24 × 18 in
$1,900
A skull built up in heavy relief out of yellow and oxblood, its eye sockets and nose left as smooth hollows of black so they read as depth rather than paint. Around it the ground is cracked and scraped in bands of red, and the jaw dissolves into a crust of yellow at the lower edge.