This homage pays tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, and especially his Post Impressionist self-portraits. I looked closely at the details of my photograph of a weathered wall painting which I photographed a long time ago, and it appeared like the exposure to the weather and time and environmental elements had turned, what was a smooth multicolored face painting, into an impressionistic painted face fragment, that reminded me very much of the kind of bold and colorful application of paint in Van Gogh’s portraits. I love Van Gogh’s extreme use of color and the thick and fragmented strokes of echoed paint. He is to me the greatest master colorist painter of all time.
I have linked a few close up images of his portraits below.

Post-Impressionism
The Post-Impressionist artists extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colors, thick application of paint, distinctive brush strokes, and real-life subject matter, but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary color.I have linked a few close up images of his portraits below.
Post-Impressionism
The Post-Impressionist artists extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colors, thick application of paint, distinctive brush strokes, and real-life subject matter, but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary color. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Impressionism
“The most famous of the post impressionist artists are Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Rousseau, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.” http://www.vangoghgallery.com/influences/post-impressionists.html
I have linked a few close up detailed images of Van Gogh’s portraits below.
http://playhappy.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/van-gogh-self-portrait.jpg

http://deyoung.famsf.org/files/imagecache/exhibition_preview_large/VanGogh-SelfPortrait.jpg

http://assets.byways.org/asset_files/000/013/190/Detroit_Institute_of_Arts_-_Van_Gogh_Self_Portrait_m.jpg?1258608923

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3317702987_3a12f9e9c2.jpg

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljmjszuIVr1qbylelo1_500.jpg

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/1-self-portrait-vincent-van-gogh.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KWxYIE-0Fxo/TS8Yuxf8DdI/AAAAAAAAAGg/KM3KADO4zvY/s1600/van-gogh-painting.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2006/11/28/vangogh_460x276.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2009/6/26/1246017397284/Self-Portrait-with-Straw--001.jpg