SELF PORTRAIT-ish 

This piece of artwork that I did has a lot of hidden meaning and symbolism within it. I would agree that it doesn't necessarily "look" like me; however, with the discolored face and the awkward angle, who would resemble themselves...? This idea started to emerge from my mind when I was getting my hair done last. If you don't already know, I dye my hair very different colors very often. From brown, brown with highlights and black underneath, light brown, bleached blonde, black, dark brown with blonde streaks in front, and then lastly red. Mind you this in in the span of two and a half years. When I get my hair done they sit you in a chair to wash the chemicals out and the chair keeps your head aimed high up but your body normal. While people were walking by I imagined what I must possibly look like at such of an odd angle as this. And while I was looking up all I had to look at were these lights on the ceiling. The lights looked like small spotlights. So from that I imagined what if all those mini spotlights turned on me, then how unusual would I look? That is the reasoning for the position, surroundings and intensified lighting. The many colors of hair is because of the many times i have dyed my hair. I figured out that the reason I dye my hair so often is because when I look into the mirror I like to not look like myself. I like to not recognize the person in the mirror. This is because of my lack of self confidence. That is also the reasoning for the slicing of the art work. I always examine myself and take myself apart to the point where I'm left in pieces. Shambles perhaps. This is almost a full body self portrait other than my feet being missing. Which then meets that requirement. The other requirement was to make sure there was figure ground relationship which this is lacking. The chair and colors of hair do make part of surroundings; however, I feel as though that aspect could have been accomplished more efficiently. This is a mixture of chalk and oil pastel and also charcoal. Over all I feel as though I am happy with the results.