The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy.

The scream

$103.50
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The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy.
  • The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy.
  • The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy.
  • The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy, framed view.
  • The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy.
  • The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy.
  • The artwork depicts an expressive figure in profile, mouth open in a powerful shout or cry. Bold black outlines and dynamic teal and red splashes convey intense emotion. The background, layered with text and abstract white strokes, adds depth and complexity, suggesting a deeper narrative behind the figure’s raw energy, framed view.
The scream

The scream

$103.50

An elderly face — weathered, intense, and unmistakably alive — emerges from a chaotic ground of collaged newsprint, slashing crimson, and electric teal. The figure is caught mid-expression, somewhere between anguish and defiance, their gaze pulling the viewer into an uncomfortable and deeply human confrontation.

Layers of dictionary pages and printed text form the foundation of the work, visible through washes of paint — as though the figure is emerging from, or being consumed by, the noise of the written world. Frantic white lines criss-cross the composition like static or unravelling thread, adding urgency and tension to an already visceral image. This is not a painting that allows you to remain at a comfortable distance. It demands to be felt.

For collectors who want art that refuses to be ignored — and refuses to let you look away.

  • Original mixed media on cradled board
  • Size: 29.5W × 41.4H cm
  • Unframed — ready for your choice of frame
  • Signed by the artist, Trudie Averett

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