Thinking about form and portraiture

Over the course of the last few months I have identified that the pieces of work that are most successful are those where I have used inner form within the boundary of a portrait, taking inspiration from Ireland the landscape, vein like structures, cracks in thought and time/age, I think the latest lino print I did has been the boldest and most striking. However taking on board the constructive criticism i have been given, it is true that I have limited myself to the boundary of the lino itself. Meaning that the work is always within the rectangle shape, I therefore decided to push this piece of work further and cut out the face, and experimented more with colour.