Tag Archives: self portrait
Meditation Series: 6/6 Self Portraits, LA, 2024
Thoughts are restricted to my head without an effective way out.
Meditation Series: 5/6 Self Portraits, LA, 2024
This is another self portrait relating to my relationship with my autistic brother Mike. He was low functioning and nonverbal and I was never able to establish a meaningful, two-way communication with him. The barrier between Mike (represented by the eye with rays, is Mike’s hand. He would typically have his pinky finger of his […]
Meditation Series: 4/6 Self Portraits, LA, 2024
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while, might recognize some of the themes in this self portrait sketch. My brother Mike was autistic, low functioning and nonverbal, and I never quite knew if he knew I was his brother. Since we are brothers, we have the same genetic inheritance, so […]
Meditation Series: 3/6 Self Portraits, LA, 2024
I tried to merge my face with my brother Mike’s. Mike was autistic, low functioning and nonverbal. His eyes didn’t seem to work together. Mike shaped a good part of my life, and he is never totally out of my thoughts.
Meditation Series: 2/6 Self Portraits, LA, 2024
I had been thinking of creating self portraits in the styles of different artistic genres. The first that came to my mind was cubism. My knowledge of cubism is the breaking down of scenes into component planes. In some cubist paintings, it seems as if the space portrayed inside the frame is fractured. I am […]
Meditation Series: 1/6 Self Portraits, LA, 2024
I don’t think this looks like me but Joy thinks it’s better than most of my self portraits thus far. It’s a basic transcription of the photo I took of myself moments before. Since I am getting better at copying, I suppose it is my likeness. I intend to increasingly abstract my facial features in […]
Self Portrait: Beginning of Covid Crazy Time, LA (2021)
We had just moved to LA. Covid uncertainty was all around. We spent most of the time by ourselves in our new apartment. Haircuts were in short supply. My ‘Self-ish Portrait‘ is based on this photo.
Meditation Series: Self-ish Portrait (2024) Sketches 1-9
This sketch is from a photo I took around 2020 about 6 months or so into the pandemic season. I had grown my beard, combed it up, put on an impish grin and took a selfie. The part that most resembles me is the top of my bald head. I draw a good dome. Oh […]
Street Photography: Self Portrait with Yellow Callbox, East Side Park, (1990s)
Still sick (Covid, actually). Thanks for bearing with me.
