Over the course of five years, I developed a series of fictional self-portraits, which allowed me to explore painting as a way of getting myself through metamorphic processes.
Self-portrait as random Romeo
mixed media on canvas
65 x 85 cm
mixed media on canvas
65 x 85 cm
Self-portrait as Pegleg Pete, 2019
distemper on canvas
65 x 85 cm
distemper on canvas
65 x 85 cm
Self-portrait as a midwife, 2021
oil on canvas
109 x 165 cm
oil on canvas
109 x 165 cm
I can be the agent and the object of a painting as whatever I paint, I become. In becoming the object. And in becoming the object, I am "made" by the very act of painting.
(Para)sympathetic self-portrait, 2019
mixed media on canvas
80 x 140 cm
mixed media on canvas
80 x 140 cm
Selfportrait scratching my leg, 2021
mixed media on canvas
106 x 150 cm
mixed media on canvas
106 x 150 cm
Self-portrait as a civilized first man, 2018
mixed media on canvas
100 x 100 cm
mixed media on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Self-portrait as a vessel, 2019
mixed media on canvas
120 x 120 cm
mixed media on canvas
120 x 120 cm
Self-portrait as Isis, 2017
oil, distemper and graphite on canvas
165 x 115 cm
oil, distemper and graphite on canvas
165 x 115 cm
Self-portrait as Venus and Eros, 2017
oil and distemper on canvas
130 x 100 cm
oil and distemper on canvas
130 x 100 cm
Self-portrait as Circe, 2016
mixed media on canvas
85 x 65 cm
mixed media on canvas
85 x 65 cm
Self-portrait on a hammock, 2016
mixed media on canvas
85 x 65 cm
mixed media on canvas
85 x 65 cm
Self-portrait as Circe, 2016
mixed media on canvas
140 x 106 cm
mixed media on canvas
140 x 106 cm
Self-portrait as Odysseus, 2018
mixed media on canvas
140 x 100 cm
mixed media on canvas
140 x 100 cm
Self-portrait as Danae, 2018
oil and acrylic on canvas
200 x 95 cm
oil and acrylic on canvas
200 x 95 cm
