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Hi Mark,
Yes, her left eye is off by a country mile and it's because the jpeg is displaying differently than it did before I posted it. The whole area around the lighted side of her face is washed out in terms of both color and contrast. In particular, the white of that eye is too high in value and the shadow under the eyelid is vague. There is a faint dark margin to the iris in the painting that is entirely missing in the view on my monitor. The net effect is to make that eye appear to be looking too far to her right. I'll try to correct it, or post a detail. There is no unitary reference for this painting, so you'll have to take my word for it for now that the likeness is good.
Whew, I'm glad to hear that you like the background, because I've had reason to worry that I may be in trouble on my backgrounds. Thanks for the input. I've been meaning to offer comments on your painting and others as well, but my typing is deadly slow and I'm having a hard time keeping up.
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