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Olena,
You might want to re-check your photo proportions to your canvas size. I don't think the ratios are the same. If this is true you will need to make some modifications to get this image on your 33x27 canvas.
That said, I agree that the composition would benefit from some additional room on our left. Also, I agree that if you could straighten the boy up a bit it would help a great deal. You might be able to accomplish this if you make a few sketches toward that end. Even if it were just his head... maybe, and bring his right elbow out a bit. The angle change on his right arm might help the slanting issue. You would have to experiment. Rarely do we produce the perfect photo image.
The other thing you could do is reduce the size of the subjects within the given canvas size thus giving more room on the sides. This is not a great solution because smaller is rarely better.
These are all the type of tricks you'd rather not have to consider. It is for these reasons that I work out in my mind whether I want to tackle these problems before I ever show a photo to a client. It's not a good idea to allow a client to have so much control over the creative process. They don't understand all the issues. And, after they have "fallen in love" with an image it's difficult to make them understand the problems you will face. They usually just shrug and say "well, you're the artist, you can make it work." Easy for them to say, they don't sign at the bottom.
Consider whether or not a custom sized canvas a few inches wider wouldn't be just as suitable to the space.
As someone said: This is not brain surgery, it's much more difficult.
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Mike McCarty
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