"Self portrait"

Acrylic on canvas

40 x 40 cm

2020

 

Inspired by the painting by Stefan Nützel, I tried a self-portrait. It is always said that painting animals and humans is very, very difficult and that this is the absolute supreme discipline. With this knowledge, it is already brave to do it, and even more courageous to present the result to the public ... I still dare. Not because the content was completely successful, but because I think I understood what Stefan Nützel means by painting in tonal values. So I took great care to identify areas with the same brightness values and then paint them immediately. And I have - so my modest assessment - succeeded quite well.