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Tim, it's gorgeous, and obviously the work of a master craftsman.
Still, I want to ask you about your choices and intentions. In the web image, obviously a pale comparison, the highlights run in a column, with equal weight from the apples to the right side of the hair, and to the rim of the hat. Also, the highlighted fingernail at the bottom adds to this effect. Is this in the original? Is that linear effect intentional (or just web phenomena?)? If so, how clever, and what does it mean?
Though the figure is lovely, I rather expect it from you, but I was really impressed with the cabinet in the background and the warm shadows. It seemes to generate a lot of energy, bringing that cabinet forward but not as much as the figure. Really inspiring.
The expression on her face seems reticent and withholding, which implies to me a more circular composition, as though she were struggling to hold them thar apples, though that is not what you employed. What can you tell us about the combination of the expression and her very vertical posture?
Thanks!
Lisa
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