Self-Portrait Circa 1978

In Flashback Thursday mode - as I complete my task of organizing the storage closet in my studio, yet another discovery of something I didn't even know I had ... my first and "last" attempt at a self-portrait - circa 1978, yes, I am THAT old :-)

I created it in my senior year, final semester, at the School of the Art Institute. As my senior adviser, from the education department, was reviewing my portfolio he noted that I hadn't included a self-portrait, and he indicated that though it wasn't an "official" requirement, he was "suggesting" I complete one. 

After submitting it, I rolled it up, stuffed it in a tube, and what do ya know 37 years later here it is. And I can definitely say that I have survived the passage of time far better than this self-portrait did.