Mosaic Man

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A detailed impasto oil painting on canvas of a stylized portrait of a person in right profile, resembling a mosaic or pixel art made of thick, textured squares of paint. The person's head and neck are shown, with the body truncated at the upper chest. The dominant colors for the skin are shades of light blue, gray, and beige-pink, forming small, rough-edged square shapes applied with a palette knife, creating a dimensional, sculptural effect.

The hair is dark and chunky, also formed from thick squares, with some dark, scratchy lines extending from the outline of the head. An ear is visible, rendered in realistic skin tones, contrasted with the mosaic texture of the surrounding head.

Over the right eye and forehead, there's a prominent, sculptural, bright orange and gold element that resembles a shattered clockwork or gear mechanism, or a broken goggle. This element frames the eye with a large circular opening, and its irregular edges seem to be breaking apart. Within this golden structure, above and to the right of the eye, there is a small, glassy, spherical orb with a blue-green, cloudy interior.

The eye itself is rendered in a naturalistic style with a light brown iris,