self portrait as a lumberjack....

...that is the title of this one...done within a year after graduating college--(which turned out to be a semi-productive year for me as far as art stuff goes. ((No bragging involved in that statement since I've had a fair share of unproductive years...))

I was living alone in my parents farmhouse without any heat except from the wood burning stoves and kerosene lamps. Not much to eat either except oatmeal and butter noodles. Im sure all of that plays into the subject matter.

two self portraits I did a long time ago--

I've been pulling some old paintings out of storage lately, working on them, and even restoring them where needed.

Here are two self portraits I did right after I graduated from Miami.

One was done while I was single and living in my parents empty farm house for the winter. I had just come home from celebrating Thanksgiving with my relatives.....

The other (shirtless with shaving cream) was done a year or so afterwards. It was rendered from a photo I took in the apartment Nicole and I (just married) sublented in Queens, NY.

Enjoy.