Self-portrait with a frame of worms
Self-portrait with a frame of worms, digital painting, 2009
Took a late nap so I'm up now after midnight thinking of something to do. I decided to go through some old files again and found this self-portrait that I missed from my post back in fall. I tend to make a self-portrait few years or so, I guess it's like a moment of reflection guided by some sense of tradition perhaps, and a good practice overall. This one was made with windows paint on 27th of April 2009, 18:59 if the stamp on the file is to be trusted. This one has an unusually natural color scheme, (still far from realistic, though) for my work. I don't remember what I was thinking back then, but that frame is supposed to give an idea of squiggling worms that flow from my neck or the other way around. Yeah...
a stern look)
ay focused on painting :D
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Do you know Otto Dix. He has this ugliness that might appeal to you. It's brutal expressionism.
Oh,yes. Back in the school days, I had a great tutor for my final work who recommended Dix with George Grosz and a lot of others. Now that I think about it this was actually two years prior to that so, plenty of time to have been "corrupted by the institution" :D