Selfies/Portraits
How do we ‘define’ what makes us who we are, our ego? We ‘fit’ into the world by creating an identity that becomes the filter through which we experience all things.
Selfies/Portraits (2015 – 2021)
Bob (selfie), Pastel on paper, 32×22, 2017
Copyright © 2018, Paul XO Pinkman
Georgette – Selfie, Oil on panel, 24″ x 18″
Copyright © 2015, Paul XO Pinkman
TonyK – Selfie, Oil on panel, 24″ x 18″
Copyright © 2017, PE Pinkman
Kayleigh – Selfie, Oil on panel, 24″ x 18″
Copyright © 2015, Paul XO Pinkman
Selfie: Lalo, Oil on canvas, 24″ x 20″
Copyright © 2015, PE Pinkman
Selfie: Tom, 24″ x 20″ oil on canvas
Copyright © 2015, PE Pinkman
Tony-selfie, chalk pastel on paper, 10 x 8
Copyright © 2015, PE Pinkman
Selfie: John, Oil on canvas, 24″ x 20″
Copyright © 2015, Paul XO Pinkman
mmm – Pastel on paper, 32″ x 22″, PE Pinkman
Copyright © 2015, PE Pinkman
Elizabeth – Selfie, Oil on panel, 24″ x 18″, PE Pinkman
Copyright © 2021, PE Pinkman
Paintings of someone else’s selfie. A portrait of a self-portrait. It’s an idea that only exists in the early 21st century. Identity has become wrapped up in how frequently and easily we can ‘see’ ourselves, examine who we might be. We can mold our identity from the outside in. Selfie portraits are about identity – who we are at any and every moment in time.
