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Dianne,
You are far too modest! I think you are perceived as a very talented artist on this forum. I very much admire your work.
My reaction--and I hate to be blunt--is: get rid of the roses completely! At first I was bothered by their even spacing, but then I realized that they simply don't belong here. She is a very strong presence and the portrait would be enhanced by a plain background, If she had been outside, in a rose garden, you would see very different light and colors on her and on the roses. You would have also seen an integration of subject and surroundings which I am not seeing here. In order to make this concept (woman in rose garden) entirely successful, you would have had to pose her in the garden.
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