This painting was for me as a request 'to paint a self-portrait without painting realistically."  I did not mean for anyone to see this painting.  Several friends who saw it on my easel in my studio commented on it.  All of these people said they "did not understand abstracts", but they "loved this one." One family member said it was their favorite.  I used metallic inks, watercolor and acrylic on Yupo (synthetic surface). The painting "glows" and it is visually pleasing to me.