Portrait of a merchant #1

Anatomy of an image

Here is an example of what I'd call alternative portraiture.  To me this is a neon encrusted VanDyke or Hals...  Some wealthy alternative 16th century nether-land-ish burgher in his ruffed collar, the insectoid glow of infrared and ultraviolet.  Bold and self confident he looks directly at the viewer... and the look: is it menace, sadness, wisdom?  or contempt?

In practical terms:  The foreground is a mirrored and modified (bulge and dent, thermal and sharp ) George Condo.  The background and frame is a Kehinde Wiley, (mirrored and saturated)   

Portrait of a merchant. 

A good example of what I try to do in a collaged work: 1 + 1 = 3  Meaning the foreground and background become something more than the sum of their separate parts.