I painted this large self-portrait, the largest so far, some time last spring. I was exploring with the idea of making a happy painting with a serious face. I don’t even know if this is the final version. I think I worked on it some more after I took the top photo in April. I’m pretty sure I was still working on it come summer. But is it ever final? Only when you die. That’s final. And you can bet it will happen.

It’s big. I used close to two giant Senelier oil pastel sticks.

How I love to get my fingers dirty. The Senelier oil pastels are especially sticky, yum!