David, thank you! That's very amazing and wonderful that you saw all these things in the painting.
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Originally Posted by David Draime
I do wonder: were you consciously aware of Vermeer's The Art of Painting (Artist in his Studio) while you were painting this?
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No, I wasn't at all--but when I was a college student majoring in art history, I fell in love with Vermeer's work, and that painting was one of my favorites! It still is. I have no doubt that my favorite works are imprinted on my brain, and show themselves in various ways in my art. I never would have noticed the similarity, though, until you pointed it out, but now I can definitely see what you mean. I like the way Vermeer used the curtain as a formal element, establishing the foreground and also as a device to let the viewer know he/she is a voyeur watching the scene unobserved.