Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm
At the beginning of the composition, three conditions were decided: the theme of the return, the illustration of the personal path and the respective balance. At the same time, the classic theme of the self-portrait had been around for some time. I always had the book “500 self-portraits” by Phaidon Press ed 2000 at hand. It was studied obstinately. Thus, the idea arose to make a double self-portrait as a young man and in old age. A passport-type photo was found in my personal archive at the age of 17 and by coincidence I completed my 57 years of life in this year 2018. The reason was found.