Patt, thank you.
Jim, I spent close to a year on this painting and "cheated" quite extensively. I never think the result should be as it is, rather as I want it to be. That was my final decision, to keep the balance of the painting and the representation of the model. The eyes are his. The hair, I admit, is slightly stylized. If you mean by manufactured that he is wearing a wig, he wasn't.
