Friday, May 8, 2020

Self portrait at 70!

Pastel on tissue paper , 35 x 25cm
Finalist in Gallery Lane Cove self portraits in the age of Covid19
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Not being able to continue with my life drawing at this point in time, unless through the filter of technology, I have resorted to self portraiture.  I use the mirror rather than a photograph.
And I have drawn on tissue paper, recycled from an old photograph album where the paper was used to protect the photos.  The paper is tinted, fragile, textured and translucent.  I think of this as providing a metaphor for our times under Covid 19 and myself at 70!


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