Even from my earliest days of learning to draw I love the challenge of self-portraits. Each one comes out differently: what do I actually look like in a given moment? I'm constantly surprised by who I see in the mirror. A stranger, a man, a little girl. The fluidity of what I look like is compelling, and fascinating, and weird. I am forever seeking the person who is looking back at me.
"Sometimes it’s hard to face myself in the mirror.
Yet as the work progresses, I become involved,
engrossed, occasionally even enlightened ... "
Created over four decades, these series of Self Portraits have become an unexpected lifetime journey, and an exploration of body image and aging, of maturing and growth. Looking at myself every day is not always easy, but I do find my face more complex and interesting as the years pass. As I learn the vocabulary of my own features and forms, I bear witness to the changes of time, and through that, a broader experience of being human.