Bert thought he would have a crack at painting a self-portrait. One of the artists that he admires greatly was Rembrandt and he did a lot of self-portraits. It turned out to be quite difficult. Having a low resolution image to start with didn’t help and then there was his inexperience.
Dimensions: 60x80cm
Painted: 2002
Materials: Acrylic on MDF board
Private collection
The story behind Self portrait 2002
Bert Ernie painted his first self-portrait in 2002 from a very low-resolution image. The camera he had at the time was only capable of capturing a 640x480px image.
Source image of realism painting Self portrait 2002
