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Every few years, I create a self portrait.  Many find it to be challenge to create a visual representation of how they actually look without illustrating how they think they look.  In 1999, I created a 36″x48″ acrylic portrait on sheet-board, in the style of a three colour propaganda print, using yellow, red and black.  The lack of additional elements made the overall work feel incomplete.  In 2001, I created a self portrait using oils, but lacked the patience to slowly build layers of paint up to create depth, and the painting ended up feeling plastic and doll-like.  It has since been discarded.

2004-2008′s self portraits were primarily photographic, with various exposure and lighting techniques being used to create some sense of originality.

The most recent was produced in Illustrator based on a photograph taken in May 2010, in Yosemite, California.  The style is reminiscent of the early 20th century snake oil salesman. I completed the design by using wood-typefaces and an ornamental to accentuate the period.

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