The Self-Portrait Project: Representations of Artists from Around the World
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Mine is directly below. How do you see yourself?
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Permalink Reply by John Rouse on -
I love paintings filled with symbolism. Do you mind if I ask what is considered symbolic and of what? Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Laura den Hertog on -
The most prominent symbolic bit is the crystal ball itself. It's meant to convey the artist's different way of looking at the world. It also speaks of the muse, something that comes from outside yourself to inspire and guide. Less obvious is the jeans (very "today") versus the highly traditional art behind the artist (yesterday or old). I did this because I often felt I was born in the wrong century. I work with techniques and sensibilities that come from the past, while all around me is modern art, abstraction etc. Although I used a landscape behind the figure, I was not painting landscapes at all at the time. So maybe it was a touch prophetic as well? There are other things that are more personal, color choices etc. For instance the red wrapped around me is for my passion for art, the gold in the frame came from an experience on a mountain with a vein of gold running through it. My hair is swept back for clear vision.
That's about it I think!
Laura
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Permalink Reply by charles stroh on -
I'm thinking compliance, reliance, appliance, dalliance, brilliance, ... and wondering what they have in common ... other than probably, an origin in the French language.
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Permalink Reply by Josef-Peter Roemer on -
You have a fantastic contemporary portrait, mine is not quite as contemporary
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Permalink Reply by charles stroh on
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This is a lovely, Rembrandt-y self-portrait with nice, fluid brushwork and good, solid forms. I have a problem with the bottom of the image where the ground shows through the figure. I would have preferred to see that painted-in very lightly with transparent paint rather than having the head and shoulders float in the space as they do.
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The Artist as Too-Fat Mouse . pen and ink with wash and watercolor, 20" x 16", Collection: Wendy Risk
The handwritten comment along the bottom of the portrait says:
She had lost weight and looked terrific. He felt conspicuous and vulnerable like a too-fat mouse in the radar of a barn owl.
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Permalink Reply by John Rouse on
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Great lines at the bottom of the pen and ink......I'm thinking this is from a reconnection at a high school reunion?
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Permalink Reply by charles stroh on
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Thank you. Guessing a high school reunion is pretty close. It was one of twelve self-portraits I did (one each month) following a divorce.
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Permalink Reply by Chandan Rao on -
Mixed Media
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Permalink Reply by charles stroh on
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I think this is a powerful image. You may see it as money, but I see it more as tattooing.
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