Jim Schaefer - Self-Portraits

I've never been much for portraiture, but I've done a few self-portraits over the years. It's always a little scarey to look yourself in the eye, as if it is going to reveal some deep emotional or psychologoical truth, rather than simply factual information. But I guess that's the appeal of portraiture, and why I stay away from it. At its best. it reveals something about an individual and about humanity at the same time. My favorite portrait artists are Rembrandt and El Greco, and some by Renoir are pretty good too. He did some of his kids and some of a famous actress that I like.

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