The Art - "Self Portrait - Red Face"

Self Portrait - Red Face

approximately 8" x 10 1/2"; ink on paper.


This is the tenth piece in my 70-part David's Book (AKA The Blue Book) project. This self-portrait marks the point at which I began to gain control of the book. So far, every piece created after this one has been completed. :D

As I've said, this is a self portrait. Not the first and certainly not the last. What's funny, given all that I've said about the rest of my work, is that I don't feel all too comfortable sharing the story behind this piece. Maybe "comfortable" is too strong a word, but I'd like to keep certain things personal... and mysterious. ;) So I won't being going in-depth on this piece or any of the other self portraits I have in the works. Like everything I create, this portrait is symbolic. It's obviously not meant to mirror my physical form. :P But I did want to maintain the form of a face. So, it should be familiar in that respect. But everything's distorted. Everything's energized. Skin, flesh, hair and bone have been fueled by fire. This is violence. This is anger. I imagine this to be my Samurai Face. It's all meaningful; a collection of stories in the form of a face. My stories; my face. The Red Face.

DS333, aflame.