Portrait of a James Joyce-ian Looking Young Man in Hat and Glasses hand-embroidered needle book which is a whole world

which is a whole world unto itself

So many sorts of old folk art creatures I can't resist

for the circus furniture

highly influential teacher--at the Venice Art Center

Portrait of a James Joyce-ian Looking Young Man in Hat and Glasses hand-embroidered needle book which is a whole worldThis poetic portrait makes me think of James Joyce, not just for the spectacles and mustache and sensitive looking face of the subject, but also for the moody manner of the painting, with subdued palette and that shadow on the wall evoking a sense of a haunted interior life. And yet the pink rising high on his cheeks surely signals great passion, and great things yet to come! I believe the portrait is German, with a note on the back that I believe