What a week it's been......excuse me if I seem a bit morbid.

Residual energy remaining from the 50 self-portrait project. It was literally one head a day for most of 2 months. If you look closely, each self portrait is sketched in, in chronological order, in the black background.

Had fun with this one. I think I can move on now.

Sometimes we need comic relief

It was nice to work on a large, loose self portrait after the 50 tiny ones. This was for a group art challenge. The prompt was Self Portrait using spray paint. I was happy to oblige.

But after working on all those 7 x 5.5 inch collages, it was rather startling to see this VERY BIG FACE staring at me from my studio wall. Startling, but also somewhat amusing.

VERY BIG FACE 33 x 24 gesso, acrylic paint, oil stick, spray paint, enamel on unstretched canvas

Art as coping mechanism

It’s no coincidence I embarked on this self-portrait challenge the middle of October, leading up to the Presidential election. I needed some distraction to cope with the anxiety I was feeling. I became obsessed with completing one collage a day.

Third row shows the worry, the waiting, the hoping, the frustration , the elation, the exhaustion.