I’ve painted a few self-portraits over the past couple of years, despite the fact that my family always mock me for portraying myself with a double-chin. I think the most commonly used phrase is ‘Dad, you look like a frog…’ but to my way of thinking, I’m just trying to earn myself the right to ‘paint what I see’.
This first picture won second prize in the Holyhead ‘Art for All’ exhibition held at the Ucheldre Centre in 2009(?)
![Self-Portrait (Oil on Canvas 50cm x 60cm)](https://andydobbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/self-portrait-1.jpg)
This second drawing hasn’t photographed well, due to being behind glass, so it appears overexposed.
![Distance](https://andydobbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Distance-lrg-692x1024.jpg)
This third sketch was accepted into the Kyffin Williams Drawing competition exhibition held in Oriel Ynys Môn in Llangefni. It was drawn with a mirror propped on my lap so as to produce a slightly disorientating view and was done in a mad rush on the last day that they were accepting entries, due to the fact that I got the dates mixed up!
![](https://andydobbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Self-portrait-3.jpg)
I think I recognise this fine fellow. Some nice use of dramatic lighting and points of view there, Andy.