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Stephen Condren Self-portrait #451Z

Pencil self-portrait of artist Stephen F. Condren.

Stephen F. Condren self-portrait #451Z, a pencil portrait, by artist Stephen F. Condren, SAIC, BFA, of Condren Galleries.

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Stephen F. Condren

Artist

This pencil self-portrait was drawn on my birthday, because I make annual self-portraits. The one element that I never like in any of my self-portraits is that I look stern, or mean, because of the bright light shining on me. Also, when I am drawing I am highly focus, which gives an intense look to the viewer. Hence, all of my self-portraits make me look mean, when in fact I am cheerful almost all of the time.

I have been doing self-portraits since I was a child. I have always been able to drawing since I can remember. My brother Philip Dunn Condren, whose birthday is today, would always come up to me, and asked me to draw him a Bogeyman, when we lived on Coles Avenue, in Chicago.

Pencil Drawing Of Stephen Condren Self-portrait

The nice thing about self-portraits is that I do not need to higher a model for sitting. Also, I can draw them at any time, on demand. Most importantly, I like to use them as studies for new ways of approaching drawing. Self-portraits open endless artistic possibilities for me.

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Stephen Condren Self-portrait #451Z, a pencil drawing by artist Stephen F. Condren.

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