[Darla Dixon]

I think sometimes it's a matter of layout or cropping to make it more powerful...?

Michael, I hope you don't mind I took the liberty of saving your art and then 'fiddling' with it in my Paint Shop Pro program.

I sharpened it and cropped it.

The subject's right arm (on viewer's left) and the wide open space at the top of the portrait bothered me. The arm area was suddenly dark, and the upper area was very light...I wonder if you don't crop the picture if making the background above the red chair darker would help.

Just wanted to let you see it a different way.

Her eyes and face are quite powerful. I like it.