A Portrait of Jamie

This is an acrylic painting I did some time ago. It's 13 X 19 inches so it's close to life size. I wanted the size to add to the realism (impact) of the piece. It's on illustration board. I've done two portraits of Jamie, this being the first. Neither of them are portraits in the strict sense, but both, by virtue of their content and mood are representative of her, to me. Hence, the title(s). Jamie liked origami. She was good at it. She was one of those Pisces gals that was great at anything and everything artistic which her whims moved her to try. I loved that about her. She made me this paper crane, stuck it in the headboard one morning before she left, which was one I'd made out of an old chain-link garden gate. It was beautiful there and inspired this painting some months later. Of all the paintings I've done over the years, this is one of my very favorites, if not my favorite. Favorite anythings are pretty difficult to nail down, but this would be on the short short list if the 'Favorite Nazis' had their Walthers to my head. The power visual repetition has is very alluring for me. There is something fascinating and satisfying in both painting, or viewing something over and over in one painting. Maybe it's just some of my compulsive behavior having it's way but there is some sort of peace in that order and cadence, however seemingly unnecessary.