Self-portrait with Dramatic Low key lighting. The Portrait is large at over 150cm tall and very dramatic. The detail in the hands is accentuated above that of the face deliberately from an artistic point-of-view. The painting is varnished with Damaar varnish, high-gloss protective layering to provide protection and accentuation of the high-quality paints. The red shirt of the subject stands in stark contrast to the chiaroscuro impression of the painting. The painting is unstretched and because of its large size will be shipped in a tube.