Earla Porch Frank
Line Drawings


"Kathy With Cat"

Name: Kathy With Cat
Medium: Screen print, black ink on white paper
Size: 18"x24"
Limited edition of 40

"A favorite work of the artist portrays a felt oneness between child and cat while at the same time conveys a tension expressed by the stiffness of the cat's form in it desire for escape surrounded by the soft curves of the child's body filled with pleasure at her peaceful capture. The starkness of the line forces this image from the commonplace and into a realm of the purest graphic representation. Frank's work leaves the viewer with an evocation of a rounded Picasso or a smooth Kollewitz. Frank combines a peculiarly feminine grace and lyricism with a starkness and power of vision rarely projected by artists of either sex."

-- Lyman Balmuth, writer for The Village Voice and The Boston Globe