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The Eyes Are The Windows

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This work is oil on canvas. Reference photo taken by Jmpaget at Dreamstime.com
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3147x2541px 3.65 MB
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Great title which fits the art perfectly. You did an excellent job of focusing on the eyes, which are so realistic, while the surrounding image becomes increasingly indistinct. Very nice. Although I wonder if it wouldn't have been just a little more compelling if the eyes were looking at the viewer, instead of just to the right. It would change the message and tone, making it more... personal? Like an appeal to the viewer to do something. This way, the girl's emotions are directed elsewhere, towards an "off camera" someone. Which spares the viewer the burden of being responsible for what is causing her distress. And that changes the viewer's reaction considerably, I think. It probably makes it "easier" to look at. So there's an argument for both views.

 

Anyway, very interesting work; very well done.