Classics recreated: Portrait with nest and bird

From the bottom of the cosmos, and emerging from it, a man scrutinizes deeply with his gaze. On his head, a tangle of red wisps, where a white bird nests.... is my surrealist version of the self-portrait of the Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck, known as "The Man in the Turban", which is suspected to be a self-portrait. This work speaks about the unfathomable, the unknowable, the ultimate mystery behind all things...For me, Flemish portraits are of great inspiration: behind the great precision in the representation, there is an impressive grasp of the psychological aspects of the character depicted.

Digital elaboration based on oil painting of the same title. PNG 300 dpi 3516 x 4213 pxls.