Here’s what I started upon returning from January’s residency. In keeping with my desire to share elements of the painting process with the viewer, I’ve shown myself in the act. I’ve pulled back to show both the mirror and the wall in hopes of highlighting the observational nature of this work; I’m not just painting myself, I’m painting the reflection of myself.  It’s as much about the process of doing a self-portrait and the act of looking at oneself in the mirror as it is a statement about me or my likeness.  Of course, as a painting, the work as a whole still bears an autobiographical stamp.