Well, Jeanine, I like it.
I must say it reminds me a lot of this painting
http://www.jhsanden.com/portraits/hamlet.htm by J.H. Sanden.
I know it is a classic pose and I am by no means suggesting you are copying. And even if you were inspired by this or many others paintings depicting a women descending a elegant staircase, you sure would not be the first artist to use a composition of another artist's to inspire your own work.
I look forward to seeing the next step.