Medium: Reduction woodcut
Dimensions: 15 x 32 inches (Image) 18 x 34 inches (Sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1950
Date finished: 1999
Edition: of 10

Recommended by Catherine (Collections Specialist):

"Terrain / 4 Directions is one of Mary Farrell’s largest and most intricate pieces featuring her iconic portrayal of hands. Reduction woodcut is a notoriously complex technique that requires a great deal of planning. And yet, Farrell conveys a sense of fluid immediacy with the sensitive and sketch-like quality of the forearms and hands. They dance together with strength, grace, and perpetual motion, while the background texture calls to mind both fingerprints and rippling water. Like fish gathered together and circling in a whirlpool, the hands engage in an animated, yet unspoken conversation. I see their vibrant, intertwined outlines as a representation of the vitality and connectedness of all living things."

Medium: Mezzotint, drypoint
Dimensions: 12 x 17 3/4 inches (image)
Artist details: American, 1950
Date finished: 2011
Edition: of 26

Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Manager):
"Mary Farrell has created a strong unapologetic, outwardly looking, "in your face" portrait using her mezzotint rocker in a creative and expressive manner. The multiple teeth digging into the plate, forming parallel patterns, as opposed to the rocker's usual technique of covering the whole plate with a velvety looking surface. She has contrasted that deep luxurious surface at the bottom of the image with the stark face peering out."

Medium: Mezzotint, drypoint
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 14 inches (image)
Artist details: American, 1950
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 45

Recommended by Nikki (Art Photographer / Marketing and Exhibitions Specialist):

The volatility and energy behind Farrell’s sepia-inked piece is palpable. The figure’s neck, jugular veins, the collarbones, and jawline read as both vulnerable and strong, simultaneously. The chaos of the branches that cut across her neck break up three-quarters of the image, carrying the intense feelings across the entire scene with its visual movement.