There are quite a few self portraits of Tony Mafia around. He might depict himself as a lover, lonely waiting like in the painting Lone song, painted in Chloride in 1991. In it he offer flowers and his brush, the desert and musicians. Often he represents himself as a painter and a visionary: note the five eyes and the turkey buzzard on his pallet. You'll feel his fear of death, the failing of his heart. Actually the really big canvas is a double portrait and the past and present of our life in Chloride. He supported my interest in Indian lore and my activism for peace, hence the Hopi kachina and the white peace doves. He has donned a harlequin image here because the painter and the fool can show the truth as long as they behave as court jesters... Often his self portraits show him as an Indian.
A real nice photo of Tony as a younger man with his then wife Anna Mors in the background.
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