My friend Pam, also an artist, liked the self-portrait I posted recently, but wanted to see me smiling. So I thought of this one. The smile wasn't exactly intentional. I was painting this as an assignment for a portrait class , while my son and daughter were telling me jokes. Before I realized it, I had painted in my smile. At first I was not comfortable with this portrait, but other people really seem to like it. (Aren't self-portraits supposed to reveal the tortured soul of the artist ?) In any case, I have come to like this painting, if only because it shows how happy I am when I paint.
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