Johnny Depp unveils self-portrait which captures his ’emotional exhaustion’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Johnny Depp has unveiled a self-portrait which captures the “emotional exhaustion” he felt during a difficult period in his life. During this time, Depp said he immersed himself in the self-portrait as a means of “creative healing” and revisited it in 2023, adding a tally mark of five lines in recognition of his recent experiences. “Essentially I just wrote five on there because I was just about to enter into the fifth year of the madness.” Castle Fine Art describe the “deliberately intimate” painting as offering a “uniquely personal insight” into Depp’s “innermost feelings and emotions” during that time. It also said the painting captures “Depp’s emotional exhaustion during a difficult period of his life”.