Self portrait

[Brian Koelz]

Hi Jean,

I'm writing this a first critique response. Please take me with salt, pepper, or anything else appropriate to beginners.

I think your painting is well accomplished. For my taste, the resolution of the size of your hands is second to the kind of light hitting the forms of your head-to-cat-to-hand, hand. What I am reading could be a symptom of backlit computer screens, but I think such strong work as yours would benefit from more play with an underlying ground color.

I think I would like to hear your initial response to such a suggestion before I go any further.

Sincerely, and very nice to meet your work,
Brian Koelz