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Hi Mike,
I just returned home from an Oklahoma trip - you should get to the Cowboy Hall of Fame before September 8 to view the "Prix de West" exhibit showing William Whitaker, among other great contemporary artists.
Anyway, about the photos here, I find the indoor photos lack a full value range. Look at the darks in her hair. While I agree there is a lot of color to be observed in black hair in shadow, the indoor light gives everything shot in front of this window a mauve-cast. While this works sometimes, and certainly you shoot and paint beautifully, I think your indoor photos might be limiting your full tonal palette. Does this make any sense? I've noticed you use the same value range in your outdoor work, however, so this might just be your unique "voice" as a painter, the way you see light falling on objects.
If the latter is true, is a camera as unbiased as people seem to think??
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