Thank you Claudemir and Marina. Actually the title is a reference to Chuck Close - an artist I admire very strongly. I have always liked the directness and simplicity of his early portraits. Ideally this would have been 6' by 9', but alas limited wall space and my wife prevented me from using such a monumental scale. Unfortunately, one is always lumbered with self-portraits as nobody else wants them. Actually, I don't think I could have lived very long with a "monumental me," so a "mini-me" will have to suffice.
