Self portrait

Deborah Milligan

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
Self portrait by Deborah Milligan
Self portrait by Deborah Milligan
  • Kathie Nichols

    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

    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

    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

    cdcantrell

    its very nice work

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks cd, I appreciate that.

  • catherine walker

    catherine walker

    fabulous ..well done!

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks so much catherine :)

  • John Fish

    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

    Wendy Yap

    Lovely work Deb :)

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thankyou so much wendy :)

  • jordanpaint

    jordanpaint

    Love, love, love this one Deb! J.

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    hello jordan, nice to see you! thanks for that:)

  • straylight

    straylight

    Ooooh, I like that one Deb.

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    hello there stray guy, thankyou :)

  • botticcelli

    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

    Barbara Glatzeder

    Excellent! Love this.

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    hi barbara and thankyou!

  • Sebastiaan Koenen
  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks sebastiaan

  • Alice McMahon White

    Alice McMahon ...

    Awesome! Would love to have this in our group – Contemporary Pastel Painters!

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks for that Alice!

  • ThePainting

    ThePainting

    I like your works! Very beautiful!

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thankyou so much Sergej

  • maria paterson

    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

    Solomon Walker

    really really fantastic work of art, DEB

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    hi there solomon, thankyou, that means a lot to me :)

  • soos

    soos

    Great work!

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks soos :)

  • Maria Murphy

    Maria Murphy

    AWESOME ~ OUTSTANDING ~ WOW !

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    hello again maria, thankyou for your support :-)

  • Sophie Shapiro

    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

    Phil Eckert

    special.. great work

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thankyou so much phil :)

  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    Congratulations on winning

    Face Up

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    Now that is exciting! Thankyou so much, it is the first one that I have won :)

  • Fee Dickson

    Fee Dickson

    congrats, deb :)

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks fee! I am thrilled to bits :)

  • Jolie

    Jolie

    Wow Deb! I recall the photo, this is incredible!

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks jolie :)

  • conniecrayon

    conniecrayon

    Yay well done for winning challenge, a fresh original self portrait love it (O:

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    well thankyou kindly connie!

  • danita clark

    danita clark

    Stunning art , captures fascination

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thankyou danita, that’s a lovely response :)

  • sadeyedartist

    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

    Petra Pinn

    cool, very eye catching!

  • Deborah Milligan replied

    thanks so much petra :)

  • Andrew Bradsworth

    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 :)

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