The Agony of the Innocent 1944

Henry Mark made this print called "The Agony of the Innocent" with some kind of printmaking technique and coloured inks. He’s weaving lines and blocks of colour into a web of emotion. It’s a dance between control and letting go, a bit like life itself, right? Look at the surface – the colours are laid down flatly, but the black lines on top vibrate. You can almost feel the pressure of his hand guiding the tool, each line a little journey. In the top left, the lines seem to reach upwards as if yearning for something, or maybe to escape. It reminds me a little of Picasso, in the way he breaks down form and rebuilds it with feeling. But Mark has his own voice, his own way of making marks that speak to the heart. What does it say to you?