Journey
/William Entrekin
2015
American, b. 1946
Egg tempera on panel
Gift of the artist, made possible by Harmon-Meek Gallery
Florida Southern College Permanent Collection FP.2017.8.1
Entrekin gives us so much — and yet so little — visual information from which to formulate a narrative here. Take some time to study the male figure positioned just off center in the composition. What is notable about him physically? What is he wearing? What is he holding? Where is he? What might he be looking at just off canvas at the left? Per the title of the painting, what is his “journey”? Has he taken it yet or is he about to embark upon it? Or is Entrekin taking us, as viewers, on a journey toward creating our own imagined narratives instead?