Artist Statement I have done a mirror-image Chuck Close Hyper-Realistic style self-portrait; capturing myself in the midst of looking towards the past and of getting ready for the future. My eyes, shown looking away and backwards, reflected my past. My right hand, shown held up front and larger than life, emphasized my readiness for my future. I also chose to use bright colors to portray confidence and optimism in working towards that future. In this artwork several techniques are used: I used cotton wool and buds for applying the color and tape to get straight lines in the background. I arranged an array of bisecting lines of bright yellow, green, white, and pink colors for the background.
For the subject, I used flesh tones for my skin, putting a grey-white watch strap and painting my shirt, purple and my cap, grey to break the monotony of the flesh colors. I use bright colors for the whole portrait to portray a single concept and created the bisecting lines of the background, using loud colors in them, to highlight the subject. With this self-portrait, I have illustrated that I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
