When making portraits, the painter is led to question himself on the very subject of his work. In this "classic" process of pictorial representation, it could be difficult to find a model. Francis Bacon explained that he painted many self-portraits at the end of his life because many of his relatives had left him.
Playing on these codes, I chose to make a double self-portrait in which this half-fictional, half-real character fits. A dog's head accompanies it, like a faithful and lost companion, and elements of an anatomical mask decorate the faces. The characters are embedded in a colorful and natural setting, and a wooden chair symbolizes the search for simplicity of the posture.
Double Selfportrait, 2021, mixed media on canvas, 135 x 100 cm.