Another, from the same series. (reference)
Another one… munged up the hand and a few other things.
Foreshortening! The bane of my existence.
Digital painting, a couple of hours.
Quick digital painting, work in progress.
Australian Artist - December 2009, little article on the Sagmeister ‘Happy’ challenge.
Bec, October 2009. (Available as a print here.)
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More complicated is the case of Paul McClintock’s Idealised Asymmetrical Self-Portrait (sic); he is the one who observed that it is the last year he can be considered young. Here we see a young man’s face, wearing some kind of cap or hood, looking at us with the rather blank stare of one who is scrutinising himself in a mirror. Whereas Morrow manages to look out at the viewer with a quizzical if contained engagement, McClintock is caught in the loop of self-absorption.
What is particularly interesting about this work is, once again, its sexual ambiguity. It is obviously the face of a young male, yet the youthful beard seems only to emphasise the big eyes and full lips, while the backward tilt of the head, reducing the prominence of the nose, lends the whole face a still more feminine quality.
” — Christopher Allen, The Weekend Australian - August 29 - 30, 2009.
Self portrait, August 2009. Done for the redbubble “Happy” challenge.
shirt: the things that live in my head (buy it here)
Shirt: Pants Down #1 (buy it here)
On display at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
“Orson Welles”, digital painting 22 July 2009.
Untitled digital painting, 22 July 2009.