[Chris Saper]

Dear Lon,

Beautiful job!

I am actuallly completely untroubled by the absense of the chair; I took this to be a standing pose before seeing the source, and the stance works for me. It's the same counterbalancing of weight someone assumes when carrying a small child.

My only comment is with regard to the temperature of the background, as the figure except for the sweater, is painted in predominantly cool hues, and seems unintegrated with the color of the background. On my monitor, both the lights and shadows in the face and blouse look cool. Since your primary light source is coming in from the right, and looks like sunlight, I wouldprobably expect to see relatively different temperatures between the primary and secondary sources.

Your friend should be thrilled.

Chris