It took about four hours to do, so obviously it's a little rough. I'd like to try again, perhaps from a mirror.
I have a passion for painting portraits, faces inspire me and it is always a treat for me to paint portraits of people. But I've never done a self-portrait. I guess I’ve always been intimidated by the idea, and brushed it off as being narcissistic.
"They say—and I am willing to believe it—that it is difficult to know yourself—but it isn’t easy to paint yourself either"
—Vincent van Gogh in a letter to his brother Théo, September 1889
