Image #1 shows the very beginning of the self-portrait. Painted blocks of light and dark using yellow and bronze tones map out surface contours and indicate facial features, hair and neck.

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Me during lockdown! Very contemplative with green hair! I’m holding on to my head just in case it floats away!

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In this portrait, the white body space and the coloured line containing the face and shoulders are absent. The head sits squarely on the shoulders. The subject avoids the viewer’s gaze.

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