Thank you very much! I greatly appreciate your opinion and encouragement.
Marvin,
You have no idea how much that means to me right now. Thank you too for your critique during the 'in progress' stage, and as you can tell, I took them to heart.
You really have captured his beaming smile and I am so impressed with the end results. Everything seemed to finally fall together and you can rest assured that you did it right.
The colors are soft , as Michelle commented, and greatly enhance his personality. I never knew him but I can tell by the way you painted him that he was a kind and generous person. i am sure he was loved by many.
I wanted to post an updated photo. This was taken with a digital camera and the color is much closer to the actual painting, but the red on the right cheek is a lot brighter than in the actual painting.
Beth and Denise, As you know I'm not online as much anymore so I'm sorry I didn't thank you before now. Thank you!! Your input is always appreciated! The painting went to his wife. The first thing she said was that I'd captured his eyes. She was very happy with the painting and teared up as she was looking at it--that's the best reward.
Thank you too for your critique during the 'in progress' stage, and as you can tell, I took them to heart. 
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