Looking glass by Kim Sommerschield

Your eyes are superb Kim and you always manage to convey a lot of emotion in your portraits.

Impressive, Kim, and very unsettling. This look goes a lot deeper than a mirror image. Possibly something to do with the red-headed person under the shower in the reflection, or is my imagination playing tricks on me ?

Startlingly honest self-portrait. The poem you quote completely reflects the feeling that comes over from it in that it appears that you have caught yourself almost unawares and captured that moment. I see the similarity in the portrait to some of Divine's work, but it is essentially all your own, Kim. A more restrained portrait than your usual style but I think it suits the mood of the piece. A masterly self-portrait.

Great highlights and shadow contours making a soft and dreamy expression Kim. Yes Sharon is right, there appears to be a reflection of a person in the background?

Nice facial tones and form in this one Kim - great!

I would struggle with knowing where to start with a watercolour portrait. I imagine one has to choose extra carefully the strength and placing of the washes. Your SP has recession (no pun intended) and really gives the sense of a three dimensional head which I don't always see in portraits - sometimes they can seem a bit flat. This has a stillness and depth to it.

Thank you all so much. As Thea observes, I am less 'uninhibited' (explicit?) than usual in this. I can't deny I was seeking to introduce an secondary element that could slightly 'de-fuse' whatever intensity I managed to achieve. My mirror is in the bathroom. My wife however is not a red-head.

I was about to say that this is more considered than usual, but equally affective and reflective as with your others. I must get my watercolours out again.

The modelling of the face is so good and the expression in the eyes, but has anyone ever said there is a look of Clint here?

A very powerful and compelling piece, Kim. So very vibrant and immediate. Beautifully done.