I know a painter who consciously paints himself in all his paintings even if as a viewer you don't notice it much, he basically snips features from himself and

I know a painter who consciously paints himself in all his paintings even if as a viewer you don't notice it much, he basically snips features from himself and projects them onto other subjects in his paintings, whether they are men or women. But this question is perhaps too generalized, some painters do so while others don't. Plus that subconscious part, we're never going to find out.