girl at large

before/after the painting
I'm just pretending that my building isn't up for sale, and that I can continue to live here for as long as I like…it's wonderful to have reasons to spruce the place up. With all the family coming for Thanksgiving, it's imperative to get the 'spare room' transformed into a proper study pronto. So far, so good–painted, bookshelves built, old junk moved out, even hung the newly framed print: