On the easel

This is a "Trapiche painter" I've done this painting before.
Sometimes when I'm packing my kit for the market the next morning, I suddenly discover I don't have an image to paint and I have to go through my archives looking for a good subject.
This is Lauren my very first studio model. This is a challenging portrait, normally with a studio model you don't tend to draw too much on the likeness but Lauren has such a beautiful profile and her parents are good friends too - so I felt obliged to get it close.

Oil on wood panel
20cm x 25cm