embossing and etching

 

Title	Your Fate
Size	14.4 x 11.7 cm
Date Published	2005
Reference	Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné (Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1999, cat.139)

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Norman Alfred William Lindsay (February 22, 1879 – November 21, 1969). Born in Creswick, Victoria. He was a prolific artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist and scale modeler. Son of surgeon Robert Charles William Alexander Lindsay and Jane Elizabeth Lindsay. He is widely regarded as one of Australia's greatest artists, producing a vast body of work in different media, including pen drawing, etching, watercolour, oil and sculptures in concrete and bronze.

I choose this piece because it is very moving. the womans expression is challenging you to choose oyur fate. It seems to be saying that you are responsible for your own fate. the lines create alot of texture and really play on shadows.