Oil paint on canvas,
20 x 16 in.
In Living Color is an unfinished dual-tone self-portrait that utilizes a purple-yellow complementary color scheme. With this self-portrait, I wanted to experiment ways in which I could portray the face in different colors. As this portrait is oil on canvas, the nature of the oil paint–and the slow-drying process–made it difficult to separate the two complementary colors and ensure that the colors didn’t mix and make brown. I ultimately liked the sketched-out nature of the rest of the painting, and decided to leave this painting unfinished, representing the juxtaposition between vibrance and tedium.
