Pierrot the clown. There's a story - try Wikipedia. Anyway, drew this when I was feeling down... much like pierrot the clown. Well, thank goodness feelings are often temporary. This portrait will always be sad though.

Pierrot: [link]
Pierrot The Clown: [link]

EDITS: Larger size ...as well as whole picture and some text and other editing.


STORY:
There is a story about the pierrot which relates how a small naked boy was found outside the gates of Heaven. It was winter, and as St Peter picked up the child and blessed him, the snow on his body turned into a suit of pure white clothing. St Peter adopted the child and gave him his own name - Little Peter or Pierrot - but there was one condition, Pierrot was not to be allowed to play with any of the human children he might come across as he wandered outside the gates of Paradise. Of course, this was almost impossible for a small boy, and on his return from just such a meeting he realised that his white suit now had black marks on it where the ordinary children had touched him. They proclaimed his guilt, and Pierrot was excluded from Paradise forevermore.