John,
This hat seems to defy explanation (even in the photograph). I like the way you did it in the sketch but I think you tried to be to literal in the painting. There are things that we will accept in a photo but will not in a painting, even if we render them perfectly. I think I would simplify as you did in the drawing. BTW I love the drawing and would have loved to see the painting in this loose, suggested manner.
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Mike McCarty
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