It may be the fabled ego of the artist, or perhaps it’s pure vanity: I love to paint self-portraits!  In 2007 alone, I painted five, including my self-portrait for Swollen.

In some ways, my self-portraits are my most uninhibited works.  In part, this is because I know that I cannot offend myself, so I paint without my usual concern for my model.  Then too, it helps that I know that my self-portrait cannot be the only portrait I will ever paint of myself…in other words, I know I have lots of chances to get it right, whereas, with most portraits, I don’t.

The only other person whom I can paint with same sense of freedom is David, David, and more David!