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Self portrait

17cm x 15cm (7"x5½"), oil on gessoed card Painting status: SOLD
Daily painting for Tuesday 28 September, 2010
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37 Comments

Leslee | September 28, 2010 9:38 PM
Fabulous Julian! The highlights sing!! Plus you don't look too shabby in that goatee!
Peter (the other) | September 28, 2010 10:05 PM
Best of the self-portraits yet! Instead of slightly crazy, here I feel I can see the eyes of someone who has earned the truth, a master.
Jenny Mackay | September 28, 2010 10:30 PM
What a fantastic self portrait, I've been part of the bidding war and very sadly had to retire! Congratulations on the amazing work you've been doing.
anita Stephenson | September 28, 2010 11:01 PM
Me too Jenny!! Sad...sad...sad!!!!! :0(
blg | September 28, 2010 11:05 PM
as a student in your master class, i sit in awe once again...thanks professor julian!
Suzy Morgan | September 28, 2010 11:12 PM
OH MY .... SO VERY VERY NICE ..... BRAVO ..... Suzy
Sharon | September 28, 2010 11:27 PM
Truly inspirational....
carolyn cobb | September 28, 2010 11:42 PM
you and karen jurick i am so inspired by you both!
jennifer | September 29, 2010 12:10 AM
A bit older but more like an 'artist' than ever and doing wonderful work.
Susan Stiles Dowell | September 29, 2010 12:24 AM
Ah, the man behind the eye and brush. Thanks, Mr Merrow-Smith, for your considered intensity and the art you send us daily.
Silvina Day | September 29, 2010 12:27 AM
Absolutely beautiful. My favorite self-portrait to date. Goatee suits you.
Reveille Kennedy | September 29, 2010 12:47 AM
This is wonderful! I love all your work, but am particularly drawn to this portrait.
Judith Nigh | September 29, 2010 1:07 AM
Julian, You're a classic...in more ways than one. Thanks for the daily inspiration.
Cheryle St. Onge | September 29, 2010 2:29 AM
L o v e l y
shirley fachilla | September 29, 2010 2:32 AM
Intense, sensitive. A pocket Rembrandt.
Alain | September 29, 2010 7:35 AM
Amazing and unforgettable look!
brendan | September 29, 2010 8:40 AM
how boring - I seem to agree with all the above...I haven't even bothered trying to bid as I am sure this "go well" - but I think shirley has got the "pocket rembrant" about right.Well done jms..x
monique | September 29, 2010 10:14 AM
Well I agree with all of you about the painting and the painter BUT what about the man?I had a fright when I open my pc and said to myself "what has happen to him!" Monique
monique | September 29, 2010 10:26 AM
Correction : "what has happened to him" and no it is not a "nice" painting...wrong word
Julian replied to comment from monique | September 29, 2010 10:35 AM
He needs a haircut and a shave (and probably to get out more)
Boglár Juliánna Nagy | September 29, 2010 12:04 PM
holy shit. this is good. stop over-analyzing, people. yes, 'the man in the mirror' looks a tad tired, and he has a haunted look in his eyes, but maybe just maybe he is concentrating too hard on his work, and that's the cause of that look. awesome painting.
Barbara M | September 29, 2010 12:57 PM
How courageous of you, Julian to paint yourself. This is THE best of the self portraits. I don't think you need a haircut, but if I lived where you do, I would take a stroll and perhaps go to a restaurant with Ruth. Note to Alain: I have been wondering how you are. It's good to see a comment from you. B.
Chrissy | September 29, 2010 1:31 PM
I love your honesty, and if the shaggy hair and beard (which I LOVE by the way - a tamed man is a boring man, in my opinion) are a by-product of your beautiful work that's all the better.
Takeyce Walter | September 29, 2010 2:18 PM
Bravo, Julian.
Di | September 29, 2010 3:51 PM
Feel very privileged to have a tiny wonderful brush stroke of your life arrive each day but this..... this is something extraordinary. Somehow strong and vulnerable at once... wow.
grace snyder | September 29, 2010 6:46 PM
loved this and your eyes which seem to be saying something this time...not just intently staring. liked the goatee as well....is that a little gray? thnx for sharing yrself with us. gfs
julian replied to comment from grace snyder | September 29, 2010 7:20 PM
yes, that's my first bit of grey, fortunately it only appears in the unkempt, needs a shave, version of the artist!
Mhairi Lawson | September 29, 2010 8:58 PM
Julian - I love this painting, and however windswept and interesting your portraits become, you'll always be 'Fluffy' to me! x Mhairi
joanne | September 29, 2010 11:27 PM
Oh to paint like this!
joanne | September 29, 2010 11:29 PM
Wow
Emanoil | September 30, 2010 6:01 AM
excellent!
MonikaLisa Becker | September 30, 2010 9:31 AM
A very important selfportrait. Very expressive, and aslo sad experiences of life. I like it very much!
Hope | September 30, 2010 6:48 PM
I, too, think this is a wonderful portrait - you have an extremely deep, loving and spiritual expression coming from your eyes. I could live with it! I hope you will include this one in your next book.
DonaS | September 30, 2010 8:39 PM
Does anyone else catch a little hint of Russell Crowe?
gil | October 3, 2010 9:16 AM
Julian, I do not know you, but perhaps some day will see you and say - My goodness. You are Julian! Gil
Candy Barr | October 7, 2010 3:15 AM
Fantastic shadows and color range. A moment for all time. You smarty pants!
dOlive | October 12, 2010 11:29 AM
Hey DonaS, Hmmm .... the Russell Crowe of painting. Could be, but we'd have to hear him speak - or at least see him throw a telephone.