Joe Price (b 1935) Self Portrait, 1981 color silk screen, edition 20 8 x 10" return Doing the studies in graphite for the self-portrait was easy and spontaneous. Self-portraits in direct image media are always an involvement psychologically and a look inward. However, I was not prepared to experience the hours and days of doing a self-portrait edition, even though there were only 20 in the edition. Working every day for six weeks, staring at 20 images that gradually emerged into form and definition from the application of 72 screenings of color, provided many personal thoughts long forgotten as well as new ones. The experience was not narcissistic, nor fun, but a catharsis, an emotional drain, and a new awareness. JP