While I still love my current avatar, I was never able to find the artist or contact them for using it.
I've found another portrait that I really like, that is in the public domain. It is by Childe Hassam, from 1893, and is titled "French Peasant Girl."...
Mine got lost in the move.....still have it, though......but I have not been able to contact the artist, who apparently does not like her artwork being used without her permission. So, an artist friend of mine is supposed to be making me a new one........which explains why I haven't uploaded my...