Self portrait
Self portrait. Acrylic, pastel and graphite on paper
Featured in 1 on 1: The fine Art of Portraiture group. March 2009
Came first in Face Up challenge April 2009 Painters in Modern Times
Finished in the Top 10 of the Self Portrait challenge May 2009
Finished in the Top 10 of the Face of an artist challenge July 2009
Self portrait belongs to the following groups:
Acrylic Painting and Fine Arts
Kathie Nichols
Excellent painting Deb, love your work! xx
Deborah Milligan replied
hi kathie! thankyou very much. I am not totally content with this one but will leave it for now. Let it percolate for a while. cheers, deb
Simon Aberle
This is fricken fantastic!
Not very often these three mediums all come together like this. I love your experimentation :)
Deborah Milligan replied
ha! love that response simon, I am very flattered coming from such a wonderful portraitist as yourself! cheers :)
syd baker
Percolating is good, I think this is great, I have trouble looking at my own self portraits, probably I am used to seeing myself backwards in a mirror. How many people think of that?!
Deborah Milligan replied
hi syd. I love reading your comments! thanks for dropping by :)
cdcantrell
its very nice work
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks cd, I appreciate that.
catherine walker
fabulous ..well done!
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks so much catherine :)
John Fish
I love this. beautiful drawing and also the dramatic cropping creates such a strong design
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou john. I always treasure your feedback. I’m very glad you like it.
Wendy Yap
Lovely work Deb :)
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou so much wendy :)
jordanpaint
Love, love, love this one Deb! J.
Deborah Milligan replied
hello jordan, nice to see you! thanks for that:)
straylight
Ooooh, I like that one Deb.
Deborah Milligan replied
hello there stray guy, thankyou :)
botticcelli
great work
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou rafael, I’m glad you enjoy it
Simon Aberle
Deborah Milligan replied
Thankyou so much Simon and 1on1. That is such a thrill! cheers, Deb
Barbara Glatzeder
Excellent! Love this.
Deborah Milligan replied
hi barbara and thankyou!
Sebastiaan Koenen
Super!
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks sebastiaan
Alice McMahon ...
Awesome! Would love to have this in our group – Contemporary Pastel Painters!
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks for that Alice!
ThePainting
I like your works! Very beautiful!
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou so much Sergej
maria paterson
great combination, love the angle
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks mariart, I’m glad you like it. I’m happy with the composition too. cheers, Deb
Solomon Walker
really really fantastic work of art, DEB
Deborah Milligan replied
hi there solomon, thankyou, that means a lot to me :)
soos
Great work!
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks soos :)
Maria Murphy
AWESOME ~ OUTSTANDING ~ WOW !
Deborah Milligan replied
hello again maria, thankyou for your support :-)
Sophie Shapiro
Deb, this is fantastic! Wow! Sorry it’s taken me so long to write something, but I’ve had a lot of work recently, last exhibition this week and then I shall have a rest! Hope you had a wonderful Easter? Thinking of you!Sx
Deborah Milligan replied
hello sophie, lovely to see you and thankyou! I hope your exhibitions have gone well. where were they?
Phil Eckert
special.. great work
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou so much phil :)
Marilyn Brown
Congratulations on winning
Deborah Milligan replied
Now that is exciting! Thankyou so much, it is the first one that I have won :)
Fee Dickson
congrats, deb :)
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks fee! I am thrilled to bits :)
Jolie
Wow Deb! I recall the photo, this is incredible!
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks jolie :)
conniecrayon
Yay well done for winning challenge, a fresh original self portrait love it (O:
Deborah Milligan replied
well thankyou kindly connie!
danita clark
Stunning art , captures fascination
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou danita, that’s a lovely response :)
sadeyedartist
I like the cropping. You must be a photographer. (Or think like one.)
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou sadeyeartist, I do enjoy photography. I’m sorry I took so long to reply, I must’ve missed this.
Petra Pinn
cool, very eye catching!
Deborah Milligan replied
thanks so much petra :)
Andrew Bradsworth
Congrats not only for this but for the rest of your outstanding folio
Deborah Milligan replied
thankyou so much andrew, you’re very kind :)