I know - why should I even post this because it's a me, too and a lot expect me to say it anyway, lol, but I love the cover painting, too!! From the little thumbnail image I see, I think it's a GREAT painting and look forward to picking up the litho(s). Thanks Mark for sharing the excitement ;-) Kakki
> As far as the cover goes, I like what I can see of it. It's really hard to > tell what the entire package is going to be like until we get it in our hot > little hands, now isn't it? > But from what I can see, this portrait looks to me like she's looking out of > a window - maybe the window of a ferry or a car or a pontoon plane or a taxi > or a train. I love the fact that half or the face is in shadow. I suppose > if that is cigarette smoke we can rule out the pontoon plane, though. ;-) > It also makes me think of Edward Hopper as others of Joni's paintings have. > At any rate, there seems to be a marvelous rendering of depth and dimension > that some have complained about there being a lack of in Joni's painting. > She looks like she could open her mouth and speak to you at any moment. The > shadow also gives the portrait a mysterious quality. And maybe this is a > portrayal of her duality, shadows and light, both sides now, yin and yang > what with the face being partially in shadow and partially in the light, eh? > Or maybe it's emerging from the shadow?
