Rainbow Self is an oil self-portrait that explores identity as fluid, fractured, and in constant motion. Faces multiply and overlap—eyes, noses, and mouths layered in shifting expressions—evoking the complex interplay between inner perception and outer presentation. Rendered in vibrant rainbow hues, the portrait is both a celebration of queer visibility and a meditation on multiplicity: of self, of emotion, of memory. The figure emerges from shadow into spectral light, caught between warm and cool tones, clarity and distortion. Rainbow Self resists containment, offering instead a kaleidoscopic image of becoming—where identity isn’t fixed, but constantly refracted through experience, color, and transformation.

Name Of Artist (So You Are Searchable!)

Dooney Potter

Exact Dimensions

18" x 18"

Year Created

20

Materials

Glazed oil layers on stretched canvas