In case you haven’t already heard, “selfie” is the word of the year according to Oxford Dictionaries.
So in that vein, here’s a self-portrait from 2001.
Self-Portrait, 2001. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.
I’m pretty sure this was an assignment. I don’t think it’s all that great. I got the eye color right, and that’s about it. Curly hair is surprisingly hard to paint. If you try to get it exactly right, the detail will look way overdone. And it was the early 2000s, so I had a goatee and sideburns just like every other dude.
There’s something odd about the neck, and I have no idea where the man-boobs came from. I think I was trying to make my pecs look bigger than they were. I’m a little embarrassed to post this, but if this is the worst throwback selfie I could produce, then I’m doing all right. It may not be as classy as these self-portraits from Tate Modern, but it’ll do.
What’s that? Oh, you want a really goofy TBT picture of me? All right, then. Same time period.
I had hipster hair before it was cool. This is from 2001!