Altered Portraits

I've always enjoyed painting faces and often re-cycle

 the images into collages or alter them with layers of

other paintings, photos, etc. Some of them show up so often

they are like old friends that don't mind playing "dress up"!

Sometimes  the layers and features seem made for each other.

Sometimes the altered portraits resemble graffiti.

I imagine them 12 feet high murals  in a subway station

or on the side of a building on a lonely street.

Sometimes the juxtaposition of images is like a foreign movie

you never want to end.