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I noticed this lovely young lady in period costume, out of the corner of my eye, at the Tower of London. With a large group of tourists around her she was likely a guide for a private touring company. 
When I first noticed her I thought to myself, with the pale translucent skin, veil and marvelous costume she would be great painted in a multi-layered classical painting technique and in a DaVinci style.
Suddenly her tourists went off in a group and she turned my direction for a moment. I got one photo and she disappeared.
Reviewing the photo in my studio, she looked exhausted, however, I was certain I could turn her expression into "introspective."
I worked on the painting for several months building up to 25 layers of translucent and opaque oil paint to capture the look of a centuries old pearlescent museum piece.

Terry Guyer

Email: terry@terryguyer.com, Phone: 650-288-7698