Self Portrait in Silver Ball

6x6 acrylic on canvasboard

As you're probably suspecting, this is inspired by Duane Keiser. I love his dailies, the subtle way he uses color, and his absolute mastery of surface texture, and I wanted to try my hand at something he's done a few times, a self portrait in a reflective sphere. I got these kind of oil-slick colored metal balls a little while ago, chinese halth balls I think they were called. They make this lovely wind chime noise when you move them around, and the oil slick colors combined with the reflective properties make for a really cool surface- I'm really looking forward to using them more in paintings!