An artist is not just her face. The hands deserve some self-portraiture. I draw with my hands, both of them, even with the non-dominant one, and it might be that they represent my truer nature even more than my face. They deserve more contemplation than I usually give them.
And my feet are also very much “me.” They take me everywhere I want to go. They take me to all those places where afterwards my hands draw.
So next time you think about doing the self-portrait, Artists, remember the hands and feet.
“Power and speed be hands and feet.” originally from Beaumont and Fletcher as quoted in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-reliance.”
Great art work. Love the koi.
thank you for your kind words, artquench