The Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize is held every two years at Montsalvat Arts Centre in Eltham.
For this year's entry I initially had the idea of painting a self portrait out-of-doors but there is often too much glare in the open air, so I thought the next best thing was to paint myself in the studio with my landscape paintings behind me.
The human face is a difficult thing to paint and it's especially difficult to stop and decide that that's the finish of the portrait. I often get to the stage where the portrait can be improved but it's a case of I can't improve it.
Self Portrait with Pictures, 2022, oil on linen,
