Tom - I agree with what others have already written, and have very little new to add, but will try, since I admire this very much.
I love how you've added interest with all the values in the robe, and then put similar interest into the background, by putting a flickering quality into those greens.
You're one of those artists I guess I thought was not able to get any better than you already were, (in other words, how to improve on "great"?)
But yet, this portrait shows another leap...
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