"Connie slit her eyes at him."
30" X 22"
gouache on paper
2015
"She
drew her shoulders up and sucked in her breath with the pure pleasure of being alive, and just at that moment she happened to
glance at a face just a few feet from hers. It was a boy with shaggy black hair, in a convertible jalopy painted gold. He stared at her
and then his lips widened into a grin. Connie slit her eyes at him and turned away, but she couldn't help glancing back and there he
was, still watching her. He wagged a finger and laughed and said, "Gonna get you, baby,"
From the 1966 story titled "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" written by Joyce Carol Oates.