Looking for References for Facial Expression

[Blake]

I am currently working on the portrait for a piece that is meant to show "Agony"
I know it doesn't sound very good and I am sure it will never sell but I have to do it and I am stuck on this portrait.

Can anyone suggest some references to known sculpture that show this emotion? How about pictures and drawings or paintings?
Thanks for your help.
Blake

[FireBeach]

Have an assistant handy, drop a large piece of sculpture on his foot and then make sure to capture his expression with a camera! :)

Blake, how about this one?

"The pain\" posted by demosi
http://www.sculpture.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=589

He shows up in the gallery photos here on the main page, if that doesn't show agony I don't know...



If that doesnt work it at least sounds like a good way to kill a few minuts...

[iron ant]

Blake,Check out Barbra Riengrover's bronzes she did several years ago.She is a noted marble carver,but she also did a series or religous castings and I believe agony might have been one.They where fairly good in size,some more intense then others.IA

[Blake]

I certainly appreciate your assistance NYC if I can't find anything I may have to try the drop suggestion.

Iron Ant I can't seem to come up with any images of Barbra Riengrover's work can you direct me with an address?
Thanks Blake

[fused]

Maybe the entire face doesn't show.
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7830/grievingsoldier8kx.png

Here is a page of Barbara Rheingrover's work (http://www.funkychickenartproject.com/rheingrover.htm) and her website (http://www.barbararheingrover.com/).

[Buster]

Blake,
Here is a page from Phillipe Faraut's site that shows about a dozen expression masks if you haven't already seen these.

http://pcfstudios.com/sculptingaids.html

After looking at these more closely, however, I don't see an example of agony posted. Oh well, may be of some help to you or others anyway.

[oddist]

Here's and interesting source (http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/agony_1.html)

[Blake]

Thanks for these images they will be very useful, the portrait is coming along thanks to all of the help that you fellow sculptors have offered.
For a picture of the work in progress see Image Gallery Assistance Required Please
Thanks Again
Blake

[Merlion]

Perhaps by now you do not need photos. I just did one also called "Agony" that does not show the face, as it is intended to show the body posture.

But in general, for looking up photos on specific topic, I usually make use of the Google Image Search at www.google.com. After clicking into "images", I key in, say, the word Agony and I get many images related to agony.