This painting is from Brian Despain, who did some very interesting self portrait.
The link to his website is :
http://despainart.com/index.php/site/gallery/self-portrait/2007
This painting shows a feeling of the passing of time, and the paint brush in his (the skull's) mouth tells the reader that " Painting is his life, or live for painting."
This idea is very similar to my idea of "Art is my Drug" (thanks Doyle).
This is his another painting I do really like!
