thanks so much for the comment. I'd have to say I used arte nouveau as merely and inspiration or a template, hopefully It looks different enough to be its own work. your reading is quite intriguing so thank you for that. I'd say that I was trying to present her as a stoic perceptive beauty. but I didn't want to just have some glamour pose. these sort of symbols and conventions is what I fell upon because where they stem from culturally resonate in my perception of her. I paint her in a way that exists in my head.