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Thanks, Carlos and Garth!
Carlos, you are right that my daughter leads the way into the painting. I had first thought to only paint her playing the harp, but I think that idea ended up evolving into the portrait known as The Young Harpist (probably because that girl's dress and harp are so spectacular). This evolved another way. After all, when a violin and harp play together, the harp is the accompanist. So it makes sense that your eye goes towards the violininst. It was pretty intuitive while I was designing the composition, but it's clear to me now (thanks to you all pointing things out)!
Garth, thank you for your vote of confidence-- it is reciprocated! I'm glad to know you think the room looks natural. I spent a long time and many repaintings getting the color right. For some reason, maybe because our house is rather dark in the evenings, the value changes and exact hues (especially in very dark values) were very difficult to balance. As for recordings, we probably do have a video of the concert when they played the duet. Do you think I should attach sound to this painting?
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