[Mike McCarty]

Garth/Jerome,

I like this very much.

I don't have as much time as your nice painting deserves, but I would offer the following observations:

The one thing that I find somewhat incongruous is the way the white shirt competes for my attention. It's high key and sharp contrast is diminishing the muted affect you've achieved for your subject. Personally, I would reduce the influence of the white shirt a great deal.

At first blush the hands seem a bit larger than they would ordinarily be.

I would love to see some better reproductions posted.