We all have to have a play sometimes - this was one of those plays: very loosley based on King Henry VII: an acrylic which I could see as being a portrait for a film set - should anyone wish to buy it, and if they do - well, here I am, poised to receive wads of cash. It was fun to do - of course I could have refined it, but play is play, and I was playing! If all portraits are really self-portraits in some degree, as I believe they probably are, well.... I hope it's not too much of a selfie.. I don't have that much hair to start with..
Not everyone likes your work: despite the fact that I labelled this as a bit of a fun project, not serious, one Hazel, whose name be damned, described it as a bit of salt and vinegar (she and I had fallen out on Painters Online: if you can't win an argument, insult someone's work; seemed churlish to me, but God bless her). I found it again the other day - it's OK: it's not a great work, it was a bit of a play. Disappointing that an ignorant remark can rob a piece of its pleasure, but - you get over it. Bad luck, Hazel - if you want to wound, you'll just have to do better, won't you?
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