Perhaps this could be seen as an unusual claim as a self portrait.

Soft pastel on paper 95cm x 65cm

An abstract depiction of course. But it most definitely holds a piece of me.

Utilising this approach I feel I am able to express emotion. It is locked away here, behind this bizarre presentation.

It depicts a part of myself that is inaccessible.

It sneaks out in abstract portraiture everyday.

I feel it expressed in every contorted face.

Yet it always remains masked and nameless.

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