16" x 20" Oil on Canvas What started out as a painting of myself, in a Halloween costume, and upon its completion, I realized I had painted the true "Me"...my self portrait. All of us have something about ourselves that we are not happy with: either mentally, physically or possibly something in our past that we try to hide from or forget. Whatever it may be, I think, sometime in our lives, we have all felt the need to hide behind the mask--Whether hiding from outward influences...or just ourselves. This is also illustrated in the poem, "Paintbrush." by Bettie B. Youngs