Self Portrait (Realism)

July 2021

We each get one physical face, and, unfortunately, many of us tend to not like what we were given. Not too long ago, I found myself in one of the darkest places of my life and lost what little sense I had of who I was. In an attempt to rediscover that, I studied and painted my face as closely as I could.

No emotions, no preconceptions, no looking at anything in my head, just…my face. Where the lines were. How the shadows fell. And, you know, when I did that, I didn’t see what my brain has been screaming at me my whole life. For maybe the first time, I just saw…me.

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