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Great advice from all - violet is a good suggestion, and for future reference I will plug it is when I have an incondescent low light photo.

Good thing this yellow is not as hot as in the post. My work seems to "posterize" in a digital image. That is, it separates out the colors and cooks them a bit in their own direction.

Leopoldo, I guess I will leave it then. I highly regard any advice from you and the others. Thank you.

Chris, thank you for jumping in. Yes, it is too late for radical changes. Any advice from you is of great value.

Morris, that is so funny! Too bad we are so customer controlled in portraits. It is hard to say no to a customer's advice. That is why I trust you all.

The painting was enjoyed at the reception, and I think I shall call it done. It will be a gift to the family.

I trust that that's "haunt" in the best sense of the word.

Lon, my condolences to you and your family. I personally find the portrait very touching and well done.The suggestion of a little violet for the background would seem to work but I truly agree with Leopoldo about leaving it. There is a wonderful freshness within the colors and the mood. I really like it very much.

I am in a similar situation, but different in that it is the one titled Gwen that I posted earlier. I had been working on it and consider it nearly finished. Meanwhile, Gwen has fallen, taken ill and is in a Nursing Home. Of course the daughter asked me to wait and see----well, which way this goes. She wanted me to be with her to present it to her mother. I feel awful because I really wanted Gwen to see it herself as I had done a prior one of her in watercolor and with her eye problems she could barely see it. I really felt that the oil would be easier for her to see.