Portrait of a Girl (1954)

"I belive she is a girl suffering from racial inequality."

—Manolo Gomez 7/28/10

Stone Princess

"She looks sad, depressed, and lonley. I believe she is sad because she is an
African American girl longing to be a different race."

—Leslie Diaz 7/28/10

New Dreams (2002)

"It seems that the girl is looking outward and trying to find the light and forget the darkness. She seems like she is trying to get rid of her pain."

—Maricela Aquino 7/27/10

Crichlow contradicts himself in this picture. This woman is being nurtured by a man who is a member of the KKK but at the same time also looks as if she is being held down. She also has a look of submission on her face. As you can see there is a huge dichotomy between the two different point of veiws.

Evening Thoughts

Ernest Crichlow was not like many other artists. He was an artist who showed his emotion through his work by painting images of the things he saw as a child and the things that he went through. In this picture "Evening thoughts" Crichlow depicts an African American woman with a problem. Whereas he does not completely tell us what the problem is. He leaves it up to the viewer to decide what they think is wrong with this individual.

"The picture is haunting! First you see the innocent girl in the
lightbut then you see the mysterious woods calling out to her while the girl is wondering should I stay away."

—Jenna Davidson 7/27/10