Untitled, 2021 

Henry Taylor: I think doing self-portraits for me is an exercise, a warm up, it's like doing sit-ups or something. I might look in the mirror even when I'm traveling and going to the bathroom and draw myself, paint myself. 

Narrator: Taylor based this painting on a sixteenth century portrait of Henry the Fifth—playing on his own nickname, Henry the Eighth. 

Henry Taylor: Henry the Eighth. I did that painting during the beginning of COVID, when I did a residency in Somerset, England. Sometimes I get my inspiration from where I'm at, the location, the country, the city. While I was there, I was just thinking about where I was, England, and my name, where I guess it's an English name. I happened to be the eighth child.