Not in age at all, but there is a seriousness, a grim downturn to your mouth that makes me think of your recent loss. I also wonder, as if I can see the results of the spring sun on your skin and in the highlights of your hair, why you paint yourself in closed quarters, like some ol' Dutchman? Now out to the garden or the night sky...
Brilliant inspiration! I should be as brave. What colors do you use to get those flesh tones? Fresh but not clean. Beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Piercing stare! So acute! So vivid!
And what a tremendous white highlight into the left eye: like a milestone, a sparkling star. The high point for me of this heart-rending virtuoso painting.
It reminds me of a similar(funny)detail of a sparkling eye in the history of Art: "The luncheon of the Boating Party" by Renoir.
For these who want to search...
http://bullisart9.blogspot.com/2008/09/critical-method-luncheon-of-boating.html
or
www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=165
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