© Carmen Marcucci
Judges Comments:
“VA Stoop” is a relief to see. It presents itself as a complete image and I don’t have to fumble around to take it all in. It is a direct unembellished human exchange between the viewer/artist and also between the two depicted figures. The area at center where the elbow of the nearest figure folds around the knee of the other creates a wonderful fulcrum that sends the eye around the page. The sandals suggest the presence of an invisible figure creating an envelope of space in this pocket of the picture.