I was up till six am painting a self portrait in the hope of entering it for the Sky Portrait Artist of the year competition. By Five thirty I was shattered so I only vaguely painted in the background. It’s not really finished, but I thought it had a bit of something about it… But when I tried to register later the site wouldn’t accept my email address! I ended up contacting their enquiries but when I tried to resubmit I was passed the deadline! I might think about more work on it and enter it for a local open exhibition….
I’ve done self-portraits but they are never meant to look like me; they’re like portraits of the non-physical me, if that makes any sense at all. I don’t have the guts to do this.
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Your spirit self?!
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I think that’s it or the “real” me. I have posted a couple of the paintings. It’s a good question what the “self” actually is.
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I agree, I don’t think of my spirit often.. Too pragmatic,
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Very impressive self portrait. I am sorry to learn you had problems with the website and missed the deadline.
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No, it’s OK, I’ll try and do more to it. I want to add shiny silver and grey to my hair and may add pattern to the background!
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