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Self-Portrait
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Delaney was always incisive in his probing of his sitter's psychology, but was
especially astute when
his eyes and brush were turned toward capturing his own likeness. The gaze he has turned
on himself is searing in its intensity. This is in stark contrast to his opposite eye,
rendered in blank white. Eyes that do not correspond in color or shape occur quite
frequently in Delaney's portraits no matter who the sitter may be. The viewer is left
to entertain the possibility that the artist's vision operates on two distinct levels,
with one eye reading external stimuli while the other, the inner eye, explores the
interiority of the spirit.
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