A Self-Portrait: Painted Perceptions
"An honest self-portrait is extremely rare."
An honest self-portrait is extremely rare because a man who has reached the degree of self-consciousness presupposed by the desire to paint his own portrait has almost always also developed an ego-consciousness which paints himself painting himself, and introduces artificial highlights and dramatic shadows.
W.H. Auden, The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays
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Loved the number of women. Great collection - thank you.
The texture in alot of these works is outstanding. I have created a few self-portraits myself but that's because of reading the quote "I paint self-portraits because I am the person I know best. I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to and I paint whatever passes through my head without any consideration." ~Frida Kahlo Anyway, wonderful works. You have a great eye!