The Beast

Self portrait which I did and entered in the 2014 BP Portrait Award.  Its the largest thing I've painted yet and took forever its 1.5 * 1m. It's quite unsettling painting yourself, particularly at this size. Stepping back an seeing a mirror image staring back at you is not the most enjoyable thing to do. Unsurprisingly it didn't get in and even "this year there were 2,377 entries and only 55 were selected for exhibition" didn't diminish the disappointment. But hey you've got to give it a go.

Here's close up to scare the children.

Oil