Monday, November 20, 2023

Self Portraits

I've always loved the art of self portraiture. It can provide an opportunity to paint a human figure or be the means to experiment with ideas. I've occasionally used myself as the model in a painting but rarely as a straight forward image. By this I mean that my face or body is presented in an indirect way to express something other than what I look like. This 'something other' can be explained as who are, we? or what are we made of? Most of the images can be located in reality but sometimes a surrealist element does enter the work. 



Artist Profile, 2011, oil on linen, 41 x 31 cm


Painting Drawing, 2010, oil on linen, 30 x 15 cm



Wrapped Self Portrait, 2010, oil on canvas, 45.5 x 35.5 cm


Self Portrait, 1994, dry pastel and pencil, 73 c 50 cm





Quodlibet, 2006, oil on canvas, 122.5 x 81.5 cm


Double Portrait, 2019, oil on canvas, 107 x 84 cm


Quodlibet Self Portrait, 2005, oil on panel, 64 x 49 cm


Insight and Logic, 1995, oil on canvas, 101 x 76.25 cm


Silhouette, 2011, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.5 cm