Monotype From the Population Series by Ray Turner: Untitled, Framed

The face has been wiped away. The head remains, and it is staring anyway.

This framed monotype from the Population Series is untitled, by Ray Turner, undated and signed on its face. A monotype is pulled from a painted plate, so each one is a single impression that cannot be repeated. The image is a black head and shoulders, seen against a smeared cream ground. A pale stripe runs down through the crown where a face might be. Ears jut out in quick white strokes. The sheet floats, deckle-edged, in a slim silver frame. Twenty-seven inches wide and 29.5 high.

A population of one. You would not want to meet the rest in a dim hallway.