Self Portrait

United by a preoccupation with the thoughts and feelings that have inspired several series of works, Ebanks’ self-portraits hark back to a long lineage of self-reflection within the wider history of art. While stylistically Ebanks’ began his career producing realistic portraits in charcoal and graphite, these largely abstract, mixed media compositions capture the artist’s profile in progressively looser and more expressive ways.

While Y? - Live In My Head superimposes a speech bubble of thoughts over a simplified outline of the artist’s face, Remnants of the Artist dissolves the artist’s features to such an extent that only a ghostly echo of Ebanks’ head and shoulders remains.

Self Portrait Series - Self Portrait #1 + #2 (Artist Studies) 1999
6x8 - Charcoal Pencil on Paper
Abstract self portrait artwork by artist Al Ebanks titled Y? Live In My Head
Self Portrait Series - Y? Live In My Head 2022
30x40 - Acrylic on Canvas
Abstract self portrait artwork by artist Al Ebanks titled Judgement I
Self Portrait Series - Judgement (I) 2021
27x36 - Acrylic on Canvas
Abstract self portrait artwork by artist Al Ebanks titled Judgement II
Self Portrait Series - Judgement (II) 2021
30x40 - Acrylic on Printed Canvas
Abstract self portrait artwork by artist Al Ebanks titled Remnants of the Artist
Self Portrait Series - Remnants of the Artist 2016
48x48 - Mixed Media on Canvas