Self Portrait
Mark Vallen 1973
Pencil on paper 8 x 11

Here's what the artist said
about this sketch:

"Having been influenced by studying the works of Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh and other master artists who created dozens of self portraits, I began to try my hand at self portraiture at around sixteen years of age.

I was nineteen when I made his particular drawing. At the time I was under the sway of the German artists Albrecht Dürer and Käthe Kollwitz, and I think this shows in my drawing. I created my sketch by simply sitting down before a mirror and drawing my reflection."