Work in Progress: Self Portrait

For my Portrait Painting class with Hamra Abbas at SMFA; assignment #2 is a self portrait. My concept is to paint 'what I think I look like', from memory, as opposed to using a mirror or using a photograph. This is an attempt to depict an aspect of self awareness, and a description of a physicality through an emotion and thought-based stream of source material. The intent is not necessarily to render what others may see in my face, but possibly to render what others see in my spirit.

Oil on Canvas, 3 feet by 4 feet.