Opie in progress 4

I get really connected to the one I'm portraying, especially when I work on the eyes. 

The eyes are the most critical part of the whole portrait. Today I finished his eyes; Opie looking straight at you and into your soul. I thought of Barbara and George missing him. And I had to stop working on it because of the tears in my eyes. 

After seeing this Barbara wrote: "WOW......those are his EYES and ears !!!! (tears coming down still!)"