I found this beautiful image on Deviant Art:

http://linzstock.deviantart.com/art/Elegance-29-61899042

for which many thanks go to the talented Lindsay Archer.

I really wanted to paint it and to try a more painterly style...for me. I more or less copied the image but no too obsessively. No overpainting or colour picking was involved. It took me around 8 hours I guess, which is quite quick for me.

Thanks for looking,

Sue