Notes

"Throes (1982) again suggests some kind of internal chaos or excess. The quick, brightly coloured lines of this portrait reveal, after some scrutiny, a mouth, a nose, what may be eyes; a person (who may be male or female) crashing on waves of emotion."

Linda Stupart, 'The Life of Forms/The Forms of Life,' in Maralize van Zyl (ed.), Nel Erasmus, page 108

Literature

Maralize van Zyl (ed.), Nel Erasmus, SMAC Art Publishing, Stellenbosch, 2011, page 108, illustrated in colour (image inverted)