Portraits v. Landscape v. Still Life?

[Steven Sweeney]

Cynthia lit a small fire underneath me, leading to a round-the-clock marathon session of downloading software upgrades and drivers and such for one of my beloved Macs. Suddenly, it appears that I can post images for the first time. This will probably frighten some of you.

So here's a little oil painting, still-life with a branch's worth of landscape thrown in, just to see if this will really show up in this runaway thread without intervention or loud screaming.