Untitled (Butterfly Face)

"When I went onto the ‘Faces’ I used different marks that are, I think, traditionally seen as expressive. The perspectives were very meditative and this is a different kind of emotion. There was a certain kind of peace and a certain kind of beauty that I was going for. I don’t think they are less expressive; it is just that the other ones, the ‘Faces,’ are viewed as more expressive." – Mark Grotjahn (M. Grotjahn quoted in M. Gnyp, “Breaking The Limits: Mark Grotjahn,” Zoo Magazine, no. 38, January 2013, digital)