When I first started making self-portraits, I was literally sitting in front of a mirror and documenting what I saw. I tried on different artistic styles like a person trying on new clothes to see what fits. 

As I entered early adulthood, the idea of earning a living by making art was looming over the horizon. The self-portraits shifted from visual observation to an emotional investigation using neo expressionism as my landscape.

In 1988, the world as I knew it shifted. Again, I needed to sit in front of a mirror so that I could comprehend what had transpired, and who I had become.

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As the world became louder in 2018, I felt an unyielding need to retreat, and protect myself. It was then I began what I now refer to as my mask series, which are in essence, portraits of my psyche.

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All the portraits are autobiographical. Each one has aided my ability, and willingness to come to terms with life, and comprehend what it was, is, and may be.

- Shane Guffogg