Golden Girl

[Alexandra Tyng]

Molly, sorry I missed this. It's lovely! You have a real gift (as I witnessed today) of capturing this little something that is the essence of the person's features, the subtle thing that brings them to life. I have no doubt you have done this here, because your stepdaughter is so alive and real.

[Molly Sherrick Phifer]

Thank you Alex! I so appreciate you taking a peek at this.

I realized after I looked at the post again, that I had in fact fixed something wrong with the mouth since I posted it, and so uploaded a new photo. I hope it still qualifies as a portrait even though the mouth is fixed!

[Margaret Ferguson]

I really like the warmth of the painting. Her expression is lovely

[Heidi Maiers]

Lovely Molly. The scarlet red lips and golden necklace are a nice touch. Absolutely convincing portrayal of her soft crimped hairdo.

[Enzie Shahmiri]

Molly, you are a brave one to tackle crimped hair! Nice job!

[Patricia Joyce]

I don't know how I missed this Molly. It is a beautiful painting. I especially am admiring the mouth, which I know is so difficult to do. I like the composition, it is very appealing. What a sweet girl. Congratulations.

[Molly Sherrick Phifer]

Thank you, everyone, for the recent activity and lovely remarks on this post, sorry I did not notice sooner! As it happens, I had been looking at this painting a lot over the past couple of years and as time went on, I decided it needed some improvements (I couldn't resist!).

So, I'm posting the results of a little recent fiddling with the painting. I like it better now. More dimensional. Maybe I'll do some more in a couple of years . . .