As his dad, Taylor looks agonised, face deeply incised with wrinkles and far older than his years.
His face is incised and gaunt like that of a medieval saint, he mumbles and giggles almost unintelligibly; walking around with his fists in the small of his back, elbows akimbo, like someone recovering from a terrible injury – which of course is what he is.
Even the lines on his face seem purposely incised as a fashion statement.
The betyl's typical geometric features are here transformed into a stylized face, with deeply incised eyes, heavy eyebrows, a straight nose and a small stern mouth, all placed on a very flat surface.
Along the wall is an aluminum frame, incised with words like Music, Theater, Dance, Literature, Film, Family and Education.
All were incised with human faces or with closely spaced, complicated designs incorporating the typical Abelam scroll and oval patterns.
Both have the sort of face that one expects to encounter carved in stone, on a crusader's tomb, or incised in brass on the floor of an ancient nave.
Another self-portrait features a brutal X Mapplethorpe incised over his own face, around which he wrote in the margins: "Sam – I love you and I need you – hurry home".
The faces are carved and are sometimes incised with lines, probably denoting tattooing.
The masklike vacancy of von Janikowski's face is uncompromisingly rendered with strong drawing, heavily incised lines and sickly yellow-green coloring, against a feverish ground of tenuous lines and scumbled colors.
