Self-Portrait
Title: Internalized Distress
Medium: Oil paint on canvas Size: 91.44cm by 91.44 cm Date of Completion: March 2nd, 2021 "Internalized Distress" is a self-portrait created in relation to the frazzled figure central in Gustave Courbet's "The Desperate Man" as well as the reserved despair of Rembrandt's "Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-up Collar". Taking inspiration from the harshly honest imagery of the Realism movement, my piece emphasizes restricted distress through the neutral expression contradicting the disorderly hairstyle and oversized sweatshirt.
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