Very cool scene , the colors are jammed up my friend.

I think it is wonderful in its simplicity - tasteful and elegant!

A beautiful image my friend, I love the detail and the fact she is drinking at the bottom of the stairs at least she wont fall down them in those beautiful shoes lol :) Love it.

beautiful image

I'd hire her in a minute, nice render!!!

with or without the muse , it is a great image

very lovely

Really Steve nice work. We are our own worst critics. And even our muse needs a vacation once in a while.

Interesting composition.

Fantastic done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful work!!!

Nice work Steve!!

No I like it, pretty girl and great decor with different objects around to add interest - believable scene and nicely done my friend!!!

beautiful pose. Nice image

Lovely Lady! Beautiful Composition! Well done!

Not boring at all. Nicely done.

Very beautiful pic, excellent done!

Nice render Steve!

Exellent done.

Very nice scene Steve! Love it !

Despite your reservations, it's excellent.

Hey, they can't all be winners. Personally, I think it's pretty good.

Great job, Steve. Like the stairs, too.

Well, if it's any consolation, she makes MY heart beat a little faster! :-D She looks mighty sweet, Steve! Good that your Muse can take a day or two off, and you can still create something lovely. I like this a lot!

Just try this with an added spotlight from the top right, not too strong, maybe a warm grey or blue grey and see how it looks?

Beautiful looking work – I wish you a nice Weekend!

I think she is fun. Often we see our works through the eyes of our personal favorites. This one is by no means shabby or boring. She has personality and the world she lives in is quirky and fun. You did a fine job.

generally, fine artists do better than they think when they think they've made a boring image: I don't think you can avoid putting your artistic magic into your work, even if your muse has booked a 3 day trip to Miami...this is far better than you think, Steve. It's a relaxed moment for a woman who appears to be active at other times. I like her quiet, reflective pose, and her posture. And the way she holds her sandal, and places her left wrist. The background looks like a huge stained glass window design, on a marble pedestal; I like how you've used it here. And some kind of gyroscope? As always, fascinating objects in your work. And two beautiful glass items---the vase and glass (lovely light on both, as if they're silver-coated). But the stairwell's the thing, spilling into the image, making it feel like a moment of repose. (Ie, the end of stairs, the end of activity, whatever you want to say about it...) A relaxed inward moment in the life of someone who's probably pretty active otherwise. Maybe the mood you were in at the time---and portraying repose is as much an art as anything else, and you do it here with real panache.

(Steve, here are 3 fine examples of relaxed, introverted portraits, to make my point about this kind of art. The first 2 are Renoir, the great French Impressionist: 1st is a sleeping woman; 2d is two sisters; and look at the older sister: She's off in 'another world'. (Beautiful hat too!) The 3d is Edouard Manet's famous painting of a woman at a bar (1800s). Look at her eyes: She's a million miles away, in total distraction...Just some samples of how painters portrayed "off" moments, as you have here... http://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-auguste-renoir/the-sleeper-1880?utm_source=returned&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=referral https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Renoir_-_The_Two_Sisters,_On_the_Terrace.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Edouard_Manet_004.jpg)

She looks devine, next to her wine! A most excellent scene and fine creation! Bravo!

A well crafted scene....Love it...