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Pencil on paper 10 x 15 in 25.4 x 38.1 cm Collection of the artist |
"In Surls’s drawings, the ideal of free expression that so captivated the Surrealists with automatic writing, comes to the fore. Once Surls puts pencil to paper, eye is connected to hand without the interruption or editing mechanisms of consciousness, and he tries to make the line go as far as he can before interrupting his gesture. For example, if he is working on a figure, he will draw the entire contour in one stroke. Lines flow and turn back on themselves, start and stop, double-up."
-Terrie Sultan, Director of Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston.
