tactile self-portrait

Why do I use my image so often? Perhaps do I love too much myself? Perhaps do I am narcissist? This is not a great self-esteem mixed with cult of myself!
I am the only human model that I have at hand!And it is very fun to play with my own image, You too,try and play with your image!

This painting is called Icon.
I have played with the Byzantine painting, rich of gold and metallic contrasts.
I have added a 'tactile' element made with yarn of wool and silk. Also the painting that I used is very tactile: the layers of color are similar to lumps. I did not glue the yarn everywhere because I wanted the yarn to move in the air.
The child above the head is the new, new ideas, the change.The butterflies... I simply adore them, but They are also very common symbols!
For me, a Painting is created for the eyes and hands...and a little for the ears, the yarn rustles in the wind!

Halloween?

The first day of Autumn (I know, It's October 31, but this Autumn is very crazy, like Summer!)... a rainy, cold and grey day...but I love it!
I worked on the little table out of my house....I love dark orange and green/yellow and compositions of vegetables (like Renaissance tables).
Strange gourds bought during my travels and a wonderful chrysanthemum.


The Autumn colors are perfect for meditation.

This is the time to think about the dead and the night, when the earth is sleeping together with the seeds.
I love to sketch in the afternoons of Autumn...on my sofa...


...and this is the new sketch, He (She? It?) will be another urban angel, a contemporary angel, with an house on his (her?) back